That number seems bogus to me. The Iraqis at the blog IRAQ THE MODEL put the number at about 5,000.
Roger that ... this piece is simply a hit piece. Either that or the writer is in serious need of a good ophthalmologist.
I’ll bet thousand attended and had photos of themselves for insurance in case they hear a loud knock on the door in the middle of the night.
By Omar, Iraw The Model, April 10th:
“Speaking of the Sadrists’ pitiful demonstrations. His aides were hoping to gather a million marchers for yesterday but all they could manage were less than ten thousands, that’s even when they bussed people from Baghdad and Basra.
The Arabic-speaking al-Alam Iranian channel claims the number was “hundreds of thousands” but that’s just al-Alam, other channels and the footage we saw all put the number between 5 and 10 thousand.
I had personally been to a demonstration of 10 thousands once and what I saw yesterday was definitely smaller.”
Asia Times Online has a bad habit of repeating whatever Islamist dreck is placed before it.
Can someone get an accurate number. I heard that it was a few thousand at most...