NP - SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

[JBFRAME at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/10/2003 12:11:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
fqmorris at yahoo.com writes:

> 
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-war-baghdad10apr10011417,1,5002635.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld
> 
> BAGHDAD -- When U.S. Marines drove into downtown Wednesday, the Republic of
> Fear began to crumble.
> 
> Iraqis who had spent their lives under the brooding shadow of Saddam 
> Hussein --
> afraid that even a whisper to the wrong person could land them in prison or
> worse -- suddenly were not only talking, they were shouting.
> 
> "Victory!" yelled a man in a long white shirt, as if he had won a war. And
> perhaps he had.
> 
> Now, the people of Baghdad could state openly what frequent visitors to 
> Iraq
> had always assumed -- that they detested the regime, that they were forced 
> to
> lie and that they felt that they had wasted their lives because of the
> megalomaniacal whims of Saddam Hussein.
> 
> Ayad William, 30, a Christian who works at the Hotel Petra, said that 
> "people
> are very happy that Saddam is gone." Reminded that a few weeks earlier 
> people
> in this same neighborhood had been chanting "Yes, Yes Saddam," a pained 
> look
> crossed his face.
> 
> "It was dangerous, it was impossible, to say, 'Down with Saddam.' But we 
> have
> lived 35 years with the Baath Party. Today I am very free and I can talk. 
> And I
> say, 'Thank you, Mr. Bush.' "

WOW!  talk about propaganda!
US forces released all the prisoners from the Baghdad jails, with no 
processing to find out who were criminals & who were political prisoners.  
Widespread looting & rape is occuring.  The German embassy was trashed while 
Marines looked on grinning.  Baghdad hospitals are overflowing with 
collateral damage.
We have won a famous victory.

love & peace
jbf