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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (53700)	10/21/2002 2:45:14 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine Carroll; Re the emptying of Iraq's prisons. My guess is that it was done to make it clear that the Iraqis aren't holding Kuwaiti prisoners. And I agree with the article. The liberalization of autocratic regimes is the first sign of their soon following fall. ("Soon" means time measured more in months rather than in years.) -- Carl P.S. Still no invasion of Iraq. The opening up of the prisons is just another brick in the wall.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (53700)	10/21/2002 2:58:06 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>>>>>In one cell block, a guard smiled broadly at an American photographer, raised his thumb, and said, "Bush! Bush!" Elsewhere, guards offered an English word almost never heard in Iraq. "Free!" they said. "Free!"<<<<<< Isn't it amazing what can happen when you approach scum like Saddam with some steel in your spine, instead of on your knees. The left will never believe it. Reminds me of the fall of Romania.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (53700)	10/21/2002 3:03:47 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Interesting closing paragraph don't you think? So much for the vaunted "War in the Cities." Boooooooooooohahahahahahahaha LOL Once the prison gates collapsed, the mood changed. Seeing watchtowers abandoned and the prison guards standing passively by or actively supporting them as they charged into the cell blocks, the crowd seemed to realize that they were experiencing, if only briefly, a new Iraq, where the people, not the government, was sovereign. Chants of "Down Bush! Down Sharon!" referring to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel, faded. In one cell block, a guard smiled broadly at an American photographer, raised his thumb, and said, "Bush! Bush!" Elsewhere, guards offered an English word almost never heard in Iraq. "Free!" they said. "Free!"