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2005-04-10 Iraq-Jordan

Tater thugs protest over US presence in Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-10 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Tens of Thousands? I think someone has to learn how to count again.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-04-10 12:43:38 AM|| 2005-04-10 12:43:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Move 'em, move 'em move 'em... move them goalposts

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-10 1:01:51 AM|| 2005-04-10 1:01:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Interesting, in that Muqtada al-Sadr waited until the political picture has become somewhat "clear" now, before agitating this new 'unrest'! The level of instability he is injecting into the process can only hurt the relatively smooth progress up to now, their fragile government is building. That bullet we saved, we'll come to regret!

Posted by smn 2005-04-10 1:23:29 AM|| 2005-04-10 1:23:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It could have been tens of thousands. In a city the size of Bagdad thats not that big a turn out. Just Tater's tots making noise on command.

If you look at the picture you will see he is pointing to the future entry wound that will cause his demise. The hate filled little Iranian puppet deserves it.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-10 3:01:52 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-10 3:01:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Keep in mind that most of Sadr's Iraqi supporters live in Baghdad, specifically the Sadr City slum area. He uses all the love money the mullahs give him to keep them loyal (cuz otherwise they'd have to go get real jobs) and they form the backbone of the Mahdi Army.

Just another sign of how bad things are for Sadr if he can't pull off a sizeable demonstration in his own stomping grounds ...

Posted by Dan Darling 2005-04-10 3:05:29 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2005-04-10 3:05:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I, for one, would be simply devastated should Tater come to harm from some vigilante action. If killed, it would be extra super bad - as Dan points out - it will leave tens of tens unemployed! Oh, the humanity! And just think of the ramifications of making him a martyr to stupidity, irrelevance, and Iranian puppetry - it would be an object lesson for Iraqi children! How terrible!

Posted by .com 2005-04-10 6:34:16 AM|| 2005-04-10 6:34:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 And just how many seats did Tater's party get in the recent election? Hmmmm. That fact doesn't seem to dawn on MSM when they want a negative story on a day of true celebration in Iraq. Got to find the photo op that plays into the Media Based Lie. Got to wonder if CBS/Al Jazeera, et al hired a mob in this case too?

Posted by Don 2005-04-10 8:16:48 AM|| 2005-04-10 8:16:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Roger Simon weighs in ...

The demonstration by Shiites loyal to reactionary religious thug Muqtada Sadr seems to have been a bust, although you wouldn't know it by most media reports, which trumpet "tens of thousands" of demonstrators in their opening paragraph. That usually means ten to twenty thousand, although the Voice of America writes "thousands." Who knows? In any case, the number isn't much in Baghdad, a city of five million. The Washington Post finally admits the truth in the 14th (!) paragraph of their coverage:

Sadr had stayed out of the limelight since leading failed uprisings last year in the southern city of Najaf and in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. But he has stepped up criticism of the United States in recent weeks, mainly by organizing Saturday's protest, which fell far short of the 1 million people he hoped would assemble.

Talk about burying the lede! Oh, well, we're all propagandists in the end, n'est-ce pas?

www.rogerlsimon.com

Posted by doc 2005-04-10 8:51:21 AM|| 2005-04-10 8:51:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Someone needs to have an "accident" - a fatal one. Maybe we can start the rumor that Sadr is actually a spy for the Mossad, or that he's on the payroll of Prince Abdullah. Either one will guarantee him a short future. He's a piece of fly-covered fecal matter than the Iraqis could live better without.

Posted by Old Patriot 2005-04-10 12:29:33 PM|| [http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-04-10 12:29:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 10^4 demon-strators/5x10^6 Bagh-daddies =
0.2 percent of the Baghdad population. Pathetic turnout. Not even a turd in the punchbowl, except for the 14+ paragraph magnum opus story by the NY fishwrap. Heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-04-10 11:39:59 PM|| 2005-04-10 11:39:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I agree AP - A million Iraqis can protest against terrorism and violence and it doesn't even get a mention in the Times. But let one self-proclaimed Al-Q 'spokesman' fart and its headlines news for weeks.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-04-10 11:50:28 PM|| 2005-04-10 11:50:28 PM|| Front Page Top