Red Crescent director, wife found dead in northern Iraq

To: McGavin999; Ragtime Cowgirl; Salem; dennisw; MeekOneGOP; TrueBeliever9

"The strike these guys called never happened, it was ignored. They turned up together at one mosque and the turnout was disappointing. I just read that Reuters sent out an article about Karbala where one of Sadars men was telling the reporters that all Iraqis hated Americans and a bunch of Iraqi people shoved him and said "Get out of here, we have families. Go cause trouble in your own town, get out of ours"

I would enjoy seeing that posted on a new thread if you can find the source.

61 posted on 04/11/2004 10:37:36 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)

To: McGavin999; MeekOneGOP; Salem; dennisw; SJackson; TrueBeliever9; archie; F14 Pilot

"They don't know if we are going to cut and run and then they and their families will be left to the mercy of those men."

That is a very valid statement. It is a well-known fact the resentment we initially encountered during Iraqi Freedom was due to us leaving Saddam in power in '91 (only to have him perform genocide tactics on the kurds and shi'ites).

The immams and mullahs are rooting for Kerry.

Wonder why?

62 posted on 04/11/2004 10:40:54 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)

I've been searching for it. It was posted in the comment section of one of the Iraqi blogs. It was from a raw Reuter's report. That means it will probably never see the light of day in OUR media. If you'd like I'll go back and see if I can find which blog it was on and post the entire thing.

63 posted on 04/11/2004 10:59:12 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Evil thrives when good men do nothing.)

To: McGavin999; VOA; Ragtime Cowgirl; Salem; MeekOneGOP

I don't disagree with any of it - I just wanted to open it up for discussion.

We see hardly any media coverage on pro-American activity inside Iraq by Iraqis.

More should start showing up soon.

64 posted on 04/11/2004 11:05:43 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)

Looks like most reporters are only looking for those who are dissatisfied. If you read the bloggers you will get a much better idea of what it's like over there. I just went back to see if I could find the comment, but most of the blogs have over a hundred posts each on them. I'll look later.

65 posted on 04/11/2004 11:28:57 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Evil thrives when good men do nothing.)

To: Canticle_of_Deborah

>> Democracy ain't gonna work in Iraq. It's too tribal and uneducated.

I agree about the democracy thing and always have. It's just too much of a change from what they've known their entire lives.

As for their intelligence quotient, I'm beginning to think these people are dumber than a box of rocks.

66 posted on 04/11/2004 11:29:52 AM PDT by Nita Nupress

To: areafiftyone

67 posted on 04/11/2004 11:34:29 AM PDT by Ciexyz

"They wanted everything handed to them. A concept my son and many others didn't understand, if you want something you have work for it."

Don't let Kerry hear you say that. His solution to the Iraq problem will be to put the whole country on welfare.

68 posted on 04/11/2004 12:34:54 PM PDT by holyscroller

Its going to take more the a police force to calm these nutscases down.

Dalai Lama could teach them the Art of Happiness.

69 posted on 04/11/2004 12:40:36 PM PDT by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)

I'm confused too. But the Iraqis don't always make sense (sigh),

70 posted on 04/11/2004 8:32:40 PM PDT by lainde (Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)

I would enjoy seeing that posted on a new thread if you can find the source.

Here's something I've found.

Thursday, April 08, 2004

:: The "Islamic resistence" called for a general strike in Baghdad next Saturday. A shop keeper told me this morning that the "resistence men" ordered him to close his shop before afternoon and that he should also close the shop on Saturday.
Leaflets have been distributed cotaining a call for a strike with a threat that says "anyone who disobeys this order shall be punished".

I know that a strike is a self-chosen protest method used to express refusal for something or to ask for some demands, but this?! I don't know what to call it.

Saturday, April 10, 2004

:: The strike -that the terrorists called for- didn't take place the way they desired; I wandered a lot in Baghdad today and I can assume that more than 50% of the shopkeepersrefused to submit to the thugs' threats but in A'adhamiya, the situation is different, almost all the shops are closed today as there were intense clashes between the fedayeen and the coalition troops, heavy gunfire and explosions were heard in the morning.
The traffic activity in Baghdad is normal and the whole city is quiet except A'adhamiya, even that Ali and I today met a journalist and a photographer from the (USA today). We spent more than 3 hours together during which we had a lot of conversation; we had lunch in a restaurant in Karrada and they made an interview with us about the Iraqi blogs. Later we all went to an internet cafe' to show them more details about our blog work.

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/

I've found these Iraqi Blogs to be a good source of info on what's happening on the street

71 posted on 04/11/2004 8:36:55 PM PDT by Valin (Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)

Good resource Valin - thank you.

72 posted on 04/11/2004 8:58:06 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)

That's why I get the big money. :-)

73 posted on 04/11/2004 9:34:42 PM PDT by Valin (Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)

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