More news from Iraq you won't see in the U.S. media

~shakes head~ if this was carried in a major u.s. media outlet, the screams of the right-wing "super-patriots" would be deafening... but there it is... and we say we don't have news censorship... ha...

Massive "End the Occupation" Protest in Baghdad Dwarfs the "Saddam Toppled" rally

Chanting "No! No to terrorism!" and "No! No to America," thousands of supporters of a radical Shiite cleric who once led uprisings against U.S. troops called Saturday for American forces to withdraw from Iraq, staging a massive protest at the same square where - two years ago to the day - protesters pulled down a towering statue of ousted Saddam Hussein.

Saddam toppled, April 9, 2003, Firdaws Square, Baghdad


Shia-Sunni demonstrators, April 9, 2005, Firdaws Square, Baghdad


Protestors burn Bush cardboard cut-out, April 9, 2005, Baghdad

MEANWHILE,
in another part of baghdad...
(from the "baghdad burning" blog)

BBC and EuroNews were busily covering the wedding between Prince Charles and the dreadful Camilla. CNN was showing the Pope's funeral. No one bothered with the demonstrations in Baghdad, Mosul, Anbar and the south. There were hundreds of thousands of Shia screaming "No to America. No to terrorism. No to occupation. No to the devil. No to Israel." The numbers were amazing and a little bit frightening too.

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