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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: hdl who wrote (559878)	4/4/2004 7:59:33 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Violence begets violence. That's exactly why Iraq might spin out of control soon. If the U.S. and coalition forces killed 1,000s of Iraqis in one day, that might set off a firestorm of protest and retaliation in Iraq. The U.S. does not want to escalate the situation over there. Once it boils over into street fighting, who knows where it will lead? Civil war? 1,000s of American causalties. I don't think that's what the U.S. wants. Certainly President Bush doesn't want the 1,000th American soldier headline to cross American newspapers and TVs just befor ethe election. We could reach the 1,000 dead number before november. A few more days like today and we'll be there before the summer is out. It might be a long hot summer in Iraq this year.

To: hdl who wrote (559878)	4/4/2004 8:08:45 PM
From: Rock_nj	Respond to of 769670

If that's the way you feel, you'll like this story: US Tanks Crush Iraqi Protesters 4-4-4 (AFP) - At least two followers of Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada Sadr have been killed after throwing themselves in front of US tanks during a demonstration in central Baghdad. "There were two or three dead among the protestors who threw themselves under American tanks, which could not avoid them on Tahrir square," said Sergeant Abbas Mohamad. The report could not immediately be confirmed by police headquarters or the US-led coalition. Earlier, as the protestors marched down Baghdad's main commercial thoroughfare towards the square, an AFP correspondent saw one young man lunge towards a US tank. The tank stopped abruptly without harming him. Mr Sadr's supporters have been holding daily demonstrations since the US-led coalition suspended his weekly newspaper last Sunday. The US accuses the publication of inciting violence. rense.com