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To: tejek who wrote (197682)	8/14/2004 2:59:50 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573216

Iraq Shiite leader: government should quit Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Iraqi Shiite rebel leader Moqtada al-Sadr Saturday demanded the resignation of the Iraqi government, saying he was speaking on behalf of the Iraqi people. Al-Sadr told the Qatar-based al-Jazeera news channel he was "relaying a popular demand for the resignation of the Iraqi government that was appointed by the occupation." He said during the interview, which the channel said was conducted in the southern city of Najaf, the "people reject the government and therefore I should also reject it since I speak on their behalf." Al-Sadr appeared in good condition despite 10 days of fierce clashes between his al-Mehdi militia and the Iraqi and U.S. forces in Najaf, a city holy to Shiites. He had a white bandage wrapped around his right wrist. Al-Jazeera said the interview was conducted before the Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffaq al-Rubaie declared negotiations with al-Sadr to end the fighting in Najaf had failed. Al-Sadr accused the government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi of imitating former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, saying "they curse Saddam and do what he did, and much worse." The Shiite leader, who called for the withdrawal of the occupation forces from Iraq, said the Iraqi people had found no freedom and no democracy with the occupation. washingtontimes.com

To: tejek who wrote (197682)	8/14/2004 4:22:45 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573216

Ted, I stayed, in fact other folks that were in evac zones stayed here as well. Frankly, I've never been scared by a hurricane before this on. It's interesting waking up at 4AM in the morning, turning on the TV, and seeing this massive storm still making a bee line for you house. I went to the grocery store and folks were like zombies, everybody had a deer in the headlights look on their face. Not a smile anywhere. You run like crazy nailing everything down, getting ready and stocked up as best you can, and then you wait, and wait, and wait watching TV, as the storm slowly gets closer and stronger. Then they call it a category 3, and you know there is going to massive damage and no water, no electricity, no phone. Then they call it a category 4 and you know your life is at grave risk, but it's too late to leave. The best roof in FL is rated for 130 MPH and the winds in the storm are 145 MPH. Your house as refuge is worthless. Then the SOB Charley takes a turn, and EVERYBOBY in the 'hood is in the streets celebrating, frankly getting sh-t faced, drinking very heavily... smiling, laughing, exhausted. And you are thinking, and even saying, "better them than us". Until you watch the news the next day... and the days ahead and realize that folks that had a nice reliable life now have absolutely nothing, zero but the shirt on their back. And you look at the look on their faces and you realize that was what you feared. But the good news is that Bush will be in Florida tomorrow, with his phoney sympathy. The local news says he doesn't usually visit disaster areas, but he's coming to FL. I'm sure we'll see Kerry as well. It's been a hell of a couple of days. John