Protestors in Iraq blame British for bomb blasts

[Robbien]

Followers of the radical Shi'ite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, protesting in Basra have blamed British forces for the coordinated series of car bombs which killed almost 70 people in the southern Iraqi city yesterday.

As Peter Cave reports from Baghdad, several Iraqi policemen in uniform joined the protests.

The coalition say the attacks bore all the hallmarks of al-Qaeda, but al-Sadr's spokesman in Basra, Sheikh al-Bahadli, told the 300 supporters gathered in front of his office that there was evidence that British occupation forces were involved. The targets of the attacks were Iraqi police stations and a uniformed policeman who joined the protest said "the British were the ones who attacked us. Now we are with our religious leaders". Another policeman said many of his fellow officers were ready to fight alongside Sadr's Mehdi army.

23/04/2004 04:21:29 | ABC Radio Australia News

http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_1093114.htm

[burrowowl]

1. Ops! Counter-ops!

Counter-Counter Ops, etc.
Agents provoquateurs, :shrug: Who knows? Only the Shadow knows!

[Lori Price CLG]

2. That makes sense, so Maggot Face can get the $ he needs...

and get people clamoring for a military draft.

No-bid Halliburton Hell blows pipelines up, etc., so that they can get no-bid tax dollars to pay them to rebuild.

-Lori