World antiwar rallies delight Iraq

CNN.com ^ | Sunday, February 16, 2003

[Jack Stephens]

World antiwar rallies delight Iraq Largest gatherings reported in London, Rome Sunday, February 16, 2003 Posted: 9:15 AM EST (1415 GMT)

SPECIAL REPORT

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq was gloating Sunday over the global outpouring of opposition to a possible U.S.-led war against the country, saying the rallies by millions of people signaled an Iraqi victory and "the defeat and isolation of America."

In cities from Tokyo to Baghdad, Istanbul to Paris and New York to Wellington, the demonstrators Saturday called for peace a day after U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the U.N. Security Council that Iraq was defying U.N. resolutions over its weapons of mass destruction and must now face "serious consequences."

Iraq's tightly controlled news media gave prominent coverage to the rallies with television stations showing footage of millions marching in the world's cities -- under the logo "International Day of Confronting the Aggression."

"The world said with one voice: 'no to aggression on Iraq'," read a headline in the government daily Al-Jumhuriya. "The world rises against American aggression and the arrogance of naked force," read a front page headline in the army daily Al-Qadissiya, according to The Associated Press.

"These demonstrations expressed in their spirit, meaning and slogans the decisive Iraqi victory and the defeat and isolation of America," Al-Jumhuriya said in a commentary.

Iraq staged its own demonstrations on Saturday, when tens of thousands, many carrying assault rifles and portraits of Saddam Hussein, took to the streets of several cities to pledge their loyalty to the Iraqi leader in the face of U.S. threats to attack the Arab nation.

"My message to the United States is that it should hear the voice of the international public opinion," Aziz said Sunday, AP reported, before boarding a flight home from Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport after a three-day trip to Italy. (Full story)

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

The media including FOX has praised and glorified this human waste as showing overwhelming support against the war.Let's look at it another way!How many supporters total were there? Now,what is the total population of the world?In other words,NOT OVERWHELMING SUPPORT!

[sam_paine]

Did y'all see the left's darling Mr. McCainiac slice and dice the French on Tony Snow's program? "France is like an older woman trying to dine out on her looks, but that doesn't quite have the face for it anymore." I wish I could've watched it with some of the anti-bush/war protesters that were surreptitiously pro-Cainiacs in 2000. Hope they choked on his words.

[livius]

Hope they choked on his words.

LOL!

[MadIvan]

Regards, Ivan

[Libertina]

David Horowitz talks about this in his new book. How the left has blood on their hands from the Vietnam War. In post war interviews, the North Vietnamese talk about hanging on because of them... Evil spawns in an empty mind....

[jragan2001]

The next time you see pro-communist actor Danny Glover on
TV whining and crying against the Iraqi mission, remember
his recent visit to Cuba with fellow communist sympathizer
Harry Belafonte toasting it up with butcher Fidel Castro.
The fact that these two scumbags think more of a murderous
dictator like Castro than Bush should let you know what a
bunch of punks they are.

[SoggyBottomBoy]

To quote a great leader
"It depends on what is means.." ugh.. I mean A GREAT LEADER
"IF YOU ARE NOT WITH US YOU ARE WITH THE TERRORIST"

[Frances_Marion]

Iraq's tightly controlled news media gave prominent coverage to the rallies with television stations showing footage of millions marching in the world's cities -- under the logo "International Day of Confronting the Aggression."

Boy, how relieved Iraqis must feel knowing that Saddam has all this support! The term "useful idiots" comes to mind...