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'We will fight to the last drop of our blood'
Yesterday's anti-war protest in Baghdad may not have been the largest in the world, but it was certainly the most heavily armed. 'We are demonstrating for peace with guns,' said Omar Kochnar, a 29-year-old Kurd carrying a machine gun. 'We will fight to the last drop of our blood.' "And it'll be a short fight, too!" Thousands, mainly middle-aged men, marched in 100-strong phalanxes down Palestine Street yesterday morning "Rhubardb-rhubarb-rhubard! Kill the monster!" Wearing an assortment of mismatched army uniforms and civilian clothes, the men hoisted banners that read 'We are going to burn down the Zionists and the US' and 'The Americans and Zionists will be defeated.' Stop it, please! My sides hurt! Any invasion will be bloody, was their message. 'We must fight until we die, all the Iraqi people,' said Riyaz. 'I wish to send a letter to Mr Bush. If he wishes to come here, he has only one solution. He must kill 25 million people; then he can take the oil from Iraq.' Hokay. But like every public display in Iraq, the protest was highly orchestrated. The marchers could neither threaten invaders nor their own government, as few of the guns appeared to be carrying magazines; even Kochnar admitted he had no bullets. "But I have a gun. Wanna see my gun? Huh huh." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-16 |
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