More from Raed:
So, Bush and Bremer said that all the clashes and attacks are being planed by terrorists, and that’s why the American army is killing and arresting “bad Iraqis” in those “bad cities”… those were just minority, but the CPA is going to give freedom and democracy for the majority of Iraqis.
Ok… here is the majority! AsSadr is the majority, he is THE leader of the majority…AsSadr is the symbol of millions in the south who were waiting for Americans come, where is the problem?
Why did Bremer decide to close AsSadr’s newspaper now? And arrest his assistant?
Because the newspaper said that Bremer is acting like a new Saddam?????????
I say that too :*) arrest me.
I think that Bremer acts like a small Saddam sometimes; today he decided to forbidden demonstrations! One year in jail is what you get if you demonstrate without having an approval, to have the approval u must submit a form at least 24 hours before the demonstration with information about why, when, who, how many, bla bla blah..
:*)The clashes that didn’t happen last year between the CPA and the “majority” just started, in a bad timing too for Bush and his adminstration.
I think Bremer should write a book under the title “how to create lose/lose situations”, he closed the newspaper, arrested the assistant, shoot people in demonstrations, attacked Shia neighborhoods and cities, and now… the outlaw thing.
The picture of the day, is for some policemen joining a pro-Sadr demonstrations at Basra, where people occupied the governorate building, maybe that would be a message to the CPA that feelings of belonging to the social and cultural structure in the south are much stronger than the $60 salary.
Believe me, Bremer and Bush are totally lost; most of the time they don’t know what they want to do, and when they do, they don’t know how to do it.
Believe me, they are playing with fire.
Posted by: Raed Jarrar / 12:27 AM
Thanks to all the Iraqi bloggers who are giving us updates and analysis. They are in position to see it all and identify the real situation.
Go to the link to read the rest – this is an excerpt of a long post well worth reading.