Looting and celebrations begin in Baghdad [al jazeera -- maybe there's hope]

Al Jazeera ^ | 4/9/03 | al jazeera

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Journalists watched young men and boys sack the United Nations headquarters in the Canal Hotel to the east of the city centre. One witness saw looters ransack sports shops around the bombed Iraqi Olympic Committee building, formerly the headquarters of Saddam's elder son, Uday.

Residents threw flowers at the armoured column as it swept past, just three kilometres east of the central Jumhuriyya Bridge over the Tigris river. Joy at the apparent removal of Saddam Hussein was tangible, with one man beating a canvas portrait of him with his slipper.

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[PeterPrinciple]

"United Nations headquarters sacked"


This would have made a better headline

[Conspiracy Guy]

Instead of looting I prefer to call this repossession. It's their stuff and they're taking it back.

[BrooklynGOP]

Journalists watched young men and boys sack the United Nations headquarters in the Canal Hotel Manhattan

Sigh... One day...

[shezza]

Wow! Is the Al Jazeera reporter actually understanding now that this indeed was a war to FREE the Iraqi people, and not to invade as conquerors? I'm astounded!

[Coop]

Residents threw flowers at the armoured column as it swept past

Now run this through the CNN filter, and voila!

Enraged Iraqi victims hurled objects at the heavily armed, marauding invaders

[Ga Rob]

Paging Maureen Dowd.....Paging Maureen Dowd!!! Hello....leftist pansies....Hello??

[StriperSniper]

Residents threw flowers

Last night Ollie North mentioned this happening and said, "I've been in the country a month and have yet to see a flower." He couldn't figure out where they were getting them.

[Fifth Business]

This coverage is more favorable than much of the U.S. press!

[rabidralph]

One woman held her baby aloft.

What is Michael Jackson doing in Baghdad?!

[hellinahandcart]

WOW! Now if we could just get those guys to come visit the UN in Manhattan ;)

I'll settle for a little "capture the flag" action over at the Iraqi Embassy. I have hated the sight of that flag since 9/12/01, when it was the only one in town flying at full mast.

It's about time Ambassador Combover was run out of town on a rail, too.

[JudgemAll]

Journalists watched young men and boys sack the United Nations headquarters in the Canal Hotel to the east of the city centre.

The UN, the other god of the muslims... or why do muslim useful idiots break the rules of the Koran for the UN and dictators, but not for the West?

[jriemer]

"United Nations headquarters sacked"

UN Vulture Alert!

[tbpiper]

Ah, close. Good filtering, but if I were going to weaselword the thing, I'd say:

Empassioned Iraqi victims hurl objects at the heavily armed invaders.

If the leftist media doesn't outright lie about something, they will slant the ambiguity their direction.

[DeuceTraveler]

Now we need a band to play 'The World Turned Upside Down'

[never4get]

I am so very happy for every Iraqi man, woman and child who has been brutalized by the Saddam regime. Today is there independence day! Let them always be free and let them never forget the Americans, Brits and Aussies who are helping in liberating them. Yes, more problems ahead, no doubt more will die after today but today is truly the day one can point to in Iraq when saying Sadam is gone. Today is their day and may they have many, many more good days!