At least 8 dead in clashes in Iraq city of Najaf

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BAK439528.htm

NAJAF, Iraq, April 4 (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed and 35 injured after Spanish-led coalition troops and Iraqi police fired on protesters and clashed with militiamen near the city of Najaf, hospital officials said on Sunday.

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[saigon68]

1. I wonder how many Barbecues will come from this

The new form of Iraqi greeting to the city, rather than a sign announcing when the local Lions or Elks club meets, or the Optimist Clubs.

One is greeted by an Incinerated Corpse hanging from a Lamp Post.

And some days after finding out how the town was pillaged by the "coalition" it is easy to understand their anger.

[Judi Lynn]

3. A truly defining moment in PNAC's war on Iraq,"kicking it up a notch." n/t

[Judi Lynn]

2. Wierd times for Spain.

When will they bring their troops home?

A stupid move acknowledged:

Sunday, April 04, 2004


Spain regrets getting UN to blame ETA

UNITED NATIONS: Spain expressed regret on Friday for persuading the UN Security Council to blame the Basque separatist group ETA for the deadly train bombings in Madrid last month.

Despite misgivings, the 15-member council adopted a resolution just hours after the attacks on March 11 that named ETA as the perpetrator of the attacks that killed 191 people on four Madrid commuter trains. In a letter to the Security Council, Spanish Ambassador Inocencio Arias said information available at the time led police authorities to come to a conclusion “not borne out by the facts that emerged later.” “On that basis Spain submitted a petition to the Security Council, which was formulated in the hours immediately following the attack and which I now regret,” Arias wrote.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_4-4-2004_pg4_12

(From what was discussed here, a lot of people think they never actually expected it to be the ETA, anyway, and were trying to move the country right for the immediate election: a gamble which didn't pay off for them.)

[nonbelief]

4. Damn arabs

If those arabs don't like like our iraq they should just leave it.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

5. When does it end?

When we get rid of the Bush/cheney despots, then we can start to clean up the mess. It won't be easy though, I'm afraid we are plunging into a new world darkness under these crooks.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Good morning Don

There's an existing LBN thread on the Najaf protests. Please continue the discussion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x462507

Thanks! :hi: