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| Bush Statue for Baghdad - Per Baghdad Mayor |
| 2005-02-01 |
| The man replacing the mayor of Baghdad — who was assassinated for his pro-American loyalties — says he is not worried about his ties to Washington. In fact, he'd like to erect a monument to honor President Bush in the middle of the city. "We will build a statue for Bush," said Ali Fadel, the former provincial council chairman. "He is the symbol of freedom." Fadel's predecessor, Ali al-Haidari, was gunned down Jan. 4 when militants opened fire on his armor-covered BMW as it traveled with a three-car convoy. Fadel said he received numerous threats on his life as the council chairman, and expects to get many more in his new post. "My life is cheap," Fadel said. "Everything is cheap for my country." As Iraq prepared for a volatile election that is being watched across the world, Fadel heaped praise on the United States. Fadel acknowledged that many in his country appear ungrateful for America's foreign assistance. He said most Iraqis are still in "shock" over the changes, and need time to adjust. Any public monument to Bush is likely to further incense terrorist forces, who have attacked American troops and their supporters for months. Fadel said he is undaunted. "We have a lot of work and we are especially grateful to the soldiers of the U.S.A. for freeing our country of tyranny," Fadel said. As for his own protection, the new mayor will be traveling in a new $150,000 SUV complete with bulletproof windows and flat-resistant tires. |
| Posted by:Billary |
| #9 Sorry, but you'd get less of a fight in Iraq than you woudl from the left here about a (Reagan or) Bush freedom monument. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-01 3:50:01 AM |
| #8 Sorry, but you'd get less of a fight in Iraq than you woudl from the left here about a (Reagan or) Bush freedom monument. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-01 3:50:01 AM |
| #7 No statues or monuments till they're dead. Too bad the politicos here in SV don't understand this. We have the Caltrain/Amtrak station near the Arena, Diridon Station, named after a former supervisor, Rod Diridon, the McEnery Convention Center, after Tom McEnery, former mayor of San Jose, and Mineta International Airport. There's more, but I can't bring them to mind right now. NONE of these people are dead yet. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-01 2:39:06 PM |
| #6 Rushmore was designed for one more head. TBA, as it were. I think they were thinking FDR. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-02-01 2:17:38 PM |
| #5 No statues or monuments till they're dead. Though I suspect some on the left and their islamic-fascist allies are working on that now as well speak. They forget the line from Star Wars that went something like - If you strike me down, you'll only make me more powerful than I am now. |
| Posted by: Elmomoting Grunter8338 2005-02-01 9:34:46 AM |
| #4 I don't know if anything else can be added to Rushmore. Maybe elsewhere… |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2005-02-01 9:06:18 AM |
| #3 Sorry, but you'd get less of a fight in Iraq than you woudl from the left here about a (Reagan or) Bush freedom monument. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-01 3:50:01 AM |
| #2 Why not make room for him on Rushmore next to Reagan? That would really piss the libs off! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-02-01 12:45:20 AM |
| #1 he'd like to erect a monument to honor President Bush A monument sounds good, but erect? Why does it have to be erect? Is it an arab cultural thing? |
| Posted by: Penguin 2005-02-01 12:31:12 AM |