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Iraqi demonstration calls for the death of Saddam Hussein
At least 1,000 people calling for the death of detained former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein paraded through central Baghdad, displaying posters of relatives killed during his years in power. "Death to Saddam, death to the Baath party", they chanted as they marched down a main road in the Iraqi capital followed by others in trucks. Brandishing posters of executed loved ones and holding banners proclaiming "Our goals are peace and freedom", the protesters wound their way peacefully to gather around central al-Tahreer square. "No no Baath party! Yes yes Iraq!" they chanted, led by a band of men shouting into loudspeakers. Organised by a group of political parties including the Iraqi National Congress of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, the protesters demanded the death sentence for the detained dictator and warned any foreign lawyers planning to come to Iraq to defend him to stay away. Actually, I believe Allawiâs party is the Iraqi National Accord ... "We want the new government to kill Saddam and other leading members of his Baath Party," shouted Mohammed Hussein Fadal al-Rubaie, waving a poster of his dead brother, Ali, 27, who he said was executed in 1983 for being a member of the then-outlawed Dawa party. One young boy at the front of the crowd of largely male protesters held a poster that read: "All Iraqis think Saddam brought shame to our country." Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-07-15 |
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