[BurbankKarl]

I was watching some report last night, with an Arab speaking 101st Airborne member speaking with residents. He remarked how the local Iraqis were told that the American soliders would kill the men, rape the women, enslave the children, etc. He then went on to say that after the initial shock of seeing US Troops with M-16s wore off, and that we weren't like that, the locals stated that nearly everyone on that street had lost a family member or extended family member to violence from the Baath party. So, you can see where some of this in-fighting is coming from, and what motivations are behind it.

[Argus]

Right. The Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation sees Saddam's Gestapo and the Iraqi people rising up to attack them as just "two different factions". It would be funny if it weren't so repulsive.