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Would-Be Martyrs March Through Baghdad
from the Associated Press; edited for lengthBAGHDAD, Iraq - Demonstrators clad in white pledged Wednesday to become martyrs for Iraq, parading through the capital as Saddam Hussein sought to show he had his people's support against a possible U.S.-led war to oust his regime. The US Department of Defense is happy to help you realize your martyrdom ambitions. Chanting "long live the leader," thousands of policemen, firefighters and civil defense forces joined the march with the 60-member contingent of "Banzai!" Saddam has repeatedly said in recent weeks that foreign invaders would meet "suicide" at the gates of the Iraqi capital. Sounds more like a Monty Python skit than a military strategy. Interior Minister Mahmoud Diab al-Ahmed told reporters that they had chosen martyrdom "for the sake of the nation's glory and dignity and for the sake of humiliating the invaders." That long black JDAM's comin' down Feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door . . . Posted by: Mike 2003-03-05 |
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