On the anniversary of the Saddam Hussein-ordered chemical attack in 1988 on the northern Kurdish town of Halabja, an attack that killed 5,000 people, Iraq's first freely elected parliament in half a century began its opening session Wednesday.
AP reports that the parliament's 275 members convened in an auditorium amid tight security in the heavily guarded Green Zone with U.S. helicopter gunships hovering overhead.
Minutes before convening, at least a half dozen explosions detonated a few hundred yards away. The U.S. military said two mortar rounds landed inside the zone but caused no injuries.
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/snark on - The liberals mu... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Big Bang Hunter | March 16, 2005 11:02 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
/snark on - The liberals must be preoccupied with the planning of the "Congressional nominations obstructionist campaign" and forgot to send this months "freedom fighter" check.... /snark off
1. Posted by Big Bang Hunter | March 16, 2005 11:02 AM |
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Posted on March 16, 2005 11:02
2. Posted by Just John | March 16, 2005 12:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
1988?
Reagan must have had some strong words for him. Right?
2. Posted by Just John | March 16, 2005 12:23 PM |
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Posted on March 16, 2005 12:23
3. Posted by Henry | March 16, 2005 3:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just John, just like Clinton had tons of strong words for Arafat?
3. Posted by Henry | March 16, 2005 3:59 PM |
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Posted on March 16, 2005 15:59
4. Posted by McGehee | March 16, 2005 4:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Actually, Clinton did have strong words for Arafat, if what I read was accurate. Clinton was blaming Arafat for scuttling Clinton's legacy by refusing to accept everything the PLO had claimed to want when it was offered by Israel's Sharon government.
But I don't think that's what Henry's talking about.
4. Posted by McGehee | March 16, 2005 4:03 PM |
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Posted on March 16, 2005 16:03
5. Posted by Henry | March 16, 2005 6:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Damn McGehee you can read me like a book. Hah
Or to put it another way, just like Roosevelt had extremely strong words for Stalin DURING World War II?
5. Posted by Henry | March 16, 2005 6:56 PM |
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Posted on March 16, 2005 18:56
6. Posted by BR | March 16, 2005 7:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Since we are seeing the blossoming of freedom from Afghanistan, to Iraq, to Lebanon and now Iran, I'm taking the liberty to repost links from "Raymond" in an earlier thread: "Iranian People's Shock & Awe in Tehran and here.
Something is happening in Iran"
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Yessss! The domino effect like after the Berlin Wall fell!
6. Posted by BR | March 16, 2005 7:02 PM |
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Posted on March 16, 2005 19:02