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| Iraqis In France Pin High Hopes On Reborn Resistance |
| 2003-04-15 |
| Shocked and distressed by the Anglo-American occupation of their motherland, Iraqi immigrants in France have a strong feeling that the Iraqi people will stand up to the occupation. âIt is nothing but a defeat for all Arabs that resembles the defeat of the Palestinians and Arabs in 1948. All people failed us; the Arabs, the Kurds and the TurksâŠbut Allah Almighty will never do,â Shaker Al-Saaidi, head of the Iraqi immigrantsâ society in France, told IslamOnline.net. âWhen Baghdad fell in the hands of the U.S. Marines, I was shocked. I was feeling like running barefoot in Paris and shouting how on earth a country like Iraq that carries 5,000 thousand years of civilization behind it falls in the hands of a bunch of mercenaries of no history,â Saaidi said, lamenting the fall of Baghdad on April 9. Maybe because the people and the army were sick of their dictator? And the Merkins had the heavy artillery? Just a guess, mind you, but that combination is usually what does it... âHow can Baghdad, the diamond of Islamic caliphate, collapse? On this ill-fated day, I switched my cellular off and went to a Paris café all by myselfâŠI did not want to talk to anybody; silence was most telling,â he recalled. Take an aperitif and lie down... Ahmad, an Iraqi who has been residing in France for some 18 years, feels disappointed at the current situation in Iraq. âIraq has went through many crises, such as the 1980-1988 war with Iran and the 1991 second Gulf War, but we have never felt homeless or that the Iraqi identity was targeted as we do nowadays,â he asserted. âMy nine-year-old daughter always asks me whether or not we will visit our relatives in Basra.â Maybe you should wait a month or two... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 Hmmm,could it possablly be that Allah did not like Saddam and wanted him gone. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-04-16 09:48:12 |
| #6 "That will show the infidels! I will go to a cafe and pout!" |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-04-15 20:03:17 |
| #5 He lives in France because he got a real deal on a cellphone plan? Barefoot in Paris? Last time I checked, Iraqis were making good use of their shoes. This guy is a couple of bricks short. |
| Posted by: john 2003-04-15 19:39:18 |
| #4 If Iraq was so wonderful, what's this knucklehead doing in Paris? What a hypocrite! |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-04-15 18:45:01 |
| #3 Didja ever notice how much easier it is to complain that somebody else didn't do enough than it is to actually do something yourself? |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-04-15 16:33:29 |
| #2 I think all those years in france have had a bad effect on him. -DS "The horns hold up the halo" |
| Posted by: DeviantSaint 2003-04-15 16:30:21 |
| #1 Stating the obvious... If he thinks so highly of Iraq, why the hell is he living in France? |
| Posted by: penguin 2003-04-15 15:49:22 |