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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: redfish who wrote (13545)	4/9/2004 8:37:26 AM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

WASHINGTON - Neither President Bush nor Democrat John Kerry has gained an advantage in the presidential race, despite millions of dollars spent on advertising, though Americans are growing concerned that violence in Iraq is increasing the threat of terrorism, an Associated Press poll found. Asked whether the military action in Iraq has increased or decreased the threat of terrorism around the world, half in the poll, 49 percent, said it has increased the threat, while 28 percent said it has decreased the threat. The number of people who thought the Iraq situation increased the terrorism threat grew slightly from Monday through Wednesday as the poll was conducted. The current poll found that 41 percent approve of Bush’s performance on foreign policy issues and 51 percent approve of his handling of the war on terrorism. His standing with the public on those issues has dropped since January. Count Amerilis Patillo, a 75-year-old Chicago Democrat, among those who disapprove of Bush. “I don’t like what the little shrub is doing on Iraq,” she said. “If the Supreme Court doesn’t select Bush this time, then Kerry will get in.” msnbc.msn.com

To: redfish who wrote (13545)	4/9/2004 9:12:38 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

...it's better to fight the terrorists in Iraq than to fight them in the US. That statement by Bush speaks of total disregard for innocent Iraqi lives. Their revolt is because of statements such as these. Grief, rage in shattered Iraq By Nadra Saouli and Deborah Pasmantier Baghdad - Baghdad's Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have rallied behind embattled radical cleric Moqtada Sadr - branded an outlaw by the occupying United States-led forces. Sadr's banned militia is facing a nationwide assault by the coalition forces. Sadr, who is subject to an arrest warrant in connection with the murder of a rival Shi'ite cleric last year, meanwhile called yesterday for power in Iraq to be handed over to "honest men" and not to collaborators of the US-led occupation. In a statement issued in the holy city of Najaf, the cleric urged "American people to take sides with the Iraqi people, oppressed by (US) leaders and the occupation army, to help them so that power is transferred to honest Iraqis". He also called on neighbouring Kuwait to end the US military presence at bases within the emirate. "I call on our neighbour Kuwait to request that American bases leave its territory and that it stand by our side to get rid of the great Satan in Iraq," Sadr said. In Baghdad's north-western Kadhimiya district, dozens of young Iraqis flocked to Sadr's local headquarters to proclaim their allegiance and express their readiness to die for him. "America is the enemy of the people. For us Muslims, martyrdom is the way," said Salah Noama al-Aanazi. "We have moved from self-defence to civil disobedience," said a Sadr aide, Sheik Hazem al-Aaraji. "Moqtada is a good man and not an outlaw. Americans see all those who are against them as terrorists. Negotiation is pointless," said Taleb Mohammad, a 22-year-old student. "It's Americans who attack us. We are within our right," said Usama Khairi. In Sadr City, Baghdad's impoverished Shi'ite suburb, 250 people held a funeral service for one of 12 civilians killed when US forces clashed with Sadr's banned Mehdi militia. "The Americans fired missiles and used tanks against residential areas last night. They bombard Sadr City while people are praying," a Sadr aide said. - Sapa-AFP star.co.za