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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (10643)	4/10/2003 7:08:43 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) of 14610

They are beautiful in their own way also. I think my jaw dropper for the day was this exchange from an article on the Right Wing Thread but it's this bit that slays me. To the Iraqis gathering in Najaf, the intent of the Americans was unclear. CNN's Ryan Chilcote reported that while clerics attempted to calm the crowd with a message from al-Sistani, a mob psychology had taken hold. ''They're afraid,'' one resident told the soldiers. "You are Christians. They don't want to let you inside the holy (Mosque of) Ali.'' The situation grew tense as people shouted and rushed to block the American advance. With heavily armed troops surrounded by agitated civilians in a religious tinderbox, the potential for disaster was great. Then, an extraordinary event occurred. The commanding officer ordered his troops to their knees with weapons pointed to the ground in an act of deference and a display of their peaceful intentions. Some Iraqis reciprocated by sitting down; as tensions lowered, the troops withdrew. Somebody paid very good attention to cultural training and it paid off huge.

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