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Iraqis in Syria Speak Out Against Saddam By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer SAYDA ZEINAB, Syria - The small, bespectacled Iraqi housewife sat on the floor of a Shiite Muslim shrine just outside the Syrian capital Damascus, speaking in rushed, quiet tones of her hatred for her president, Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). AP Photo   "All he (Saddam) did was take the country from one war to the other. First Iran, then Kuwait and now this," Raziqa al-Hadi said. On hearing this, another Iraqi woman was emboldened to chime in: "I agree. I hope Saddam dies!" Then the...

Just monitored on Sky News: embedded reporter says Shiites in Basra have begun, in his words, a "popular uprising" against the Saddam forces still in the city. British Army units are "pouring" artillery into the city (likely isolated areas) preparing to move in.

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Reports in Japanese Daily Asahi Shimbun, top of the hour (7:02 a.m. Eastern USA time Friday), that via the Iran News Service, reports are arriving of an uprising in parts of northern Iraq.The location where Iraqi Kurds are reported to have clashed is Kirkuk, 250 north of Baghdad.Other reports are that at Hanakin, 150 kilos north of Baghdad, Iraqi citizens also entered into some kind of fights with Iraqi troops loyal to Saddam. There were an unreported number of casulties on both sides. It appears the fighting may have subsided. An Iraqi military position or positions are reported to have...

Bruno José Lebeau   La Victoire de Bin Laden     Certains iraient à dire que la comparaison avec les années 30 ne tient pas, et pourtant: n'assistons nous pas au même recul des démocraties devant la montée d'un nouveau totalitarisme tel que l'a décrit fort justement Alexandre Del Valle, en l'occurrence la montée de l'islamisme, comme hier nous avons laissé monter et s'étendre le nazisme ?   Dès la fin des années 20, le nazisme était aussi un mouvement éclaté, diffus, confus, hétérogène et marginal. Pourtant son ascendance a été irrésistible, et les reculs abrités derrière des tentatives de...