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To: James Calladine who wrote (10317)4/14/2004 11:14:26 PM
From: PartyTime  Respond to of 173976
 
>>> "There is a sense that even Saddam Hussein shied away from fighting near the Shia shrines in Iraq," said Hazem al-Amin, an editor at the pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat and an expert on the Shia.<<<

I'm not sure what "there is a sense" means, but it does seem a logical conclusion--certainly one beyond the grasp of the Bush strategists.



To: James Calladine who wrote (10317)4/14/2004 11:18:24 PM
From: PartyTime  Respond to of 173976
 
>>> "I am ready to sacrifice myself, and I call on the Iraqi people not to allow my death to cause the collapse of the fight for freedom and an end to the occupation," al-Sadr said. "I am not important, I am just a body."<<<

Hey, what's wrong with this picture? I thought Bush said these guys are "freedom-haters."