First Newspaper to Hit Baghdad's Streets Is (Commie) Red

Reuters ^ | Sun April 20, 2003 08:26 AM ET | Rosalind Russell

[Dog Gone]

When we get the power fully restored to Baghdad, Iraqis will be flooded with information from television, radio, and newspapers.

It will be a great thing.

[Allegra]

They have People's Path and we have the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Probably not much difference.

[RightWhale]

They have People's Path and we have the New York Times and the Washington Post. Probably not much difference.

NYT doesn't print a huge hammer and sickle on page 1. Interesting that some of the Islamics in England and elsewhere are commies. Saddam did that, anyway, drove the commies out.

[kylaka]

"NYT doesn't print a huge hammer and sickle on page 1"

Well they should. Call it truth in advertising.

[MeekOneGOP]

Amazing how things work out. Communism being a step up from what the Iraqis had before, huh?

Others have moved in to fill the void, with influential religious leaders setting up community services, but the Communists were the first into print.

In Firdos Square in the center, Iraqis stopped in their tracks to read the paper, amazed to see criticism of their former leader in writing.

"It is telling us about Saddam, how he did harm to our country," said 27-year-old Khudair. "Of course we knew it, but we have never seen it written in a newspaper before."

It was not clear where the paper was printed but it was full of praise for Kurdish leaders in north Iraq, which was free of Saddam's control for a decade and where small Communist Party cells operated.

[RJCogburn]

Saddam did that, anyway, drove the commies out.

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

[FReepaholic]

>>...When we get the power fully restored to Baghdad, Iraqis will be flooded with information from television, radio, and newspapers. It will be a great thing....<<

Hey! Thousands of potential new Freepers!!

[thinktwice]

The lights were on in Baghdad until U.S. forces rolled in.

What happened to Baghdad poser?

[Cacique]

It's amazing how fast The New York Times managed to get a paper out in Baghdad so fast.

[Rain-maker]

The wise ones will ask US administration questions, while the monkeys make fools of themselves.

Chimp papers for banana brains....

[Mo1]

The electric isn't fully up and running but yet a commie paper manages to some how print the first Iraqi Newspapers???

[daviddennis]

There will be a wonderful media resurgence in the new Iraq, but it's a pity the Communists beat more worthy outlets.

I'd love to have a copy of that last edition of Babil. Better yet, a translated version. I fear the web site for Babil has had its last hit - I tried it a few times during the war and it was AWOL.

Mo, the commie paper was obviously shipped from Northern Iraq, where they never lost power. No problem at all printing it. The only reason they didn't have it earlier is that distribution was uncertain due to the power vacuum in Baghdad. Now that things are more or less under control, they can distribute a paper that was already printing elsewhere.

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[lowbridge]

- It would not be Washington's first choice, but the long-banned Iraq Communist Party on Sunday won the race to publish the first newspaper in Baghdad since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

The Iraqi people have had CNN for quite a long time...so they wont really know the difference.

[Timesink]

Iraq needs broadband!!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

That's the only thing I respect about communists from that side of the world. They're not ashamed to admit that they're communists like ours are.

[Dog Gone]

It would be fun to have some Iraqi Freepers. Perhaps that will become a reality in the next few years.

[anniegetyourgun]

And heaven knows that commies know all about 'bloody terrorist reigns' and 'dictators'.....they often embrace them.

[CyberAnt]

"NYT doesn't print a huge hammer and sickle on page 1"

They don't have to! Their writing describes who they are.