Shiite protesters burn Bush effigy in Baghdad square to protest security pact.

[ProSense]

Shiite protesters burn Bush effigy in Baghdad square to protest security pact.

The AP reports that Shiite protesters “stomped on and burned an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein with their sandals five years earlier.” Shiites were protesting the proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact because it would allow American troops to remain in their country for three more years. A Friday prayer sermon written by Muqtada Al-Sadr was read by his representative, Sheik Abdul Hadi al-Mohammadawi:

“The government must know that it is the people who help it in the good and the bad times. If it throws the occupier out all the Iraqi people will stand by it,” the sermon read, using common rhetoric for the United States.

[ProSense]

1. First the G20 leaders, now this. n/t

[SuperTrouper]

2. And Chavez's supporters threw chicken blood at Bush's effigy last week in a Santeria ritual

Thigs not looking good for our exalted leader...:rofl:

[TheKentuckian]

3. I hope they throw us out too

The agreement sucks beyond imagination. Bush has screwed the pooch in Iraq so badly that I don't think you can wrap your mind around it without probably calling for him to be publicly executed (and I'm pretty hardcore anti-death penalty).

He's sold our troops and people out completely and more so than ever should be removed. Yes, even with 2 months to go.

[ProSense]

4. America cannot continue the illegal occupation

Demonstrators chant slogans during a rally at al-Firdos square in
Baghdad November 21, 2008. Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-
Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in
Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where
U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam

[old mark]

5. See if they have an extra one.... nt

[ProSense]

6. It's safe to say that Richard Perle is beyond delusional

Perle still holding out for ‘George W. Bush Square’ in Baghdad.