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To: lurqer who wrote (29783)	10/8/2003 1:35:47 PM
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Will the sizzling summer flareups in Iraq morph (escalate) into a "winter of discontent"? So far, the violent anti-Americanism has been largely in the Sunni region. Will the presence of the Turks inflame the Kurds? And then there's the Shia. Some two-thousand Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims marched through the streets of Baghdad Wednesday to demand the release of a cleric detained by coalition forces. The cleric - Moayed al-Khazaraji - was arrested Monday as he headed for a meeting with Americans. U.S.-led authorities say he had collected weapons in a mosque and was inciting violence against coalition forces. Protesters began marching toward the center of the capital today, after a U.S. officials held talks with a group of clerics but failed to resolve the matter. Demonstrators chanted Islamic slogans, as U.S. military helicopters hovered overhead. Late Tuesday, U.S. troops confronted Shi'ite demonstrators protesting the cleric's detention, near a mosque in southwest Baghdad. The troops fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd. Meanwhile, the United States welcomed the decision by Turkey's parliament to authorize sending as many as 10,000 Turkish troops to join coalition forces in Iraq. U.S. officials say they believe a Turkish presence will contribute to Iraq's security, despite opposition to the move by some members of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said that the United States will work closely with the Governing Council to -- as he put it -- "arrive at conclusions together." The Turkish decision came at a time when the Bush Administration is struggling to win U.N. Security Council approval for a new Iraq resolution aimed at broadening international participation in peacekeeping and rebuilding efforts in Iraq. from voanews.com Just some things to keep in mind when the Admin starts their "Good News" offensive today. JMO lurqer

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