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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4290)2/17/2003 4:09:45 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Respond to of 15987
 
From Andrew Sullivan:

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "There was, I thought, one slogan which was missing. There were quite a number which called for 'Freedom for Palestine'; I looked in vain for one which called for “Freedom for Iraq”. I did not hear all of the speeches, though I watched Jesse Jackson on television. From what I did hear, none of the speakers expressed any wish to free Iraq, let alone proposing any policy which might help to achieve that." - William Rees Mogg, the Times

Mogg's article is worth reading in full. He compares the anti-war marchers to the Children's Crusade and notes that seven hours of the marches were broadcast on Iraqi TV:

In all honesty, they were still Saddam's useful idiots
timesonline.co.uk



To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4290)2/17/2003 4:50:57 PM
From: lorne  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 15987
 
Hawk. I wonder how bin ladin feels about all the pro sadam protestors. My guess is that bin hiden would not be happy if war with sadam were halted.?