[ninty]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e ... d=84439559


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Iraqi Shi'ites loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold cut-outs of British Prime Minister Tony Blair (C), former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (L), and U.S. President George W. Bush during a protest rally in Baghdad April 9, 2005. The rally was called on the second anniversary of the fall of Baghdad with protestors demanding an end to the U.S. military presence in Iraq and a speedy trial for former president Saddam Hussein.


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An Iraqi man strikes his boot against a cut out of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, at left, during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, April 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings last year against U.S. troops, called Saturday for American forces to withdraw from Iraq. Cutouts of U.S. President George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein are carried at right.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Iraqis raise effigies of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, Saddam Hussein, center, and U.S. President George W. Bush, all wearing chains, nooses and orange jump suits during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, April 9, 2005. The demonstration overflowed Firdos Square, where protesters pulled down a towering statue of Saddam Hussein two years ago to the day. An Iraqi waves the nations' flag from a new sculpture symbolizing freedom at rear, on the same pedestal as the former Saddam statue.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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An Iraqi man waves the nation's flag from atop a new sculpture symbolizing freedom upon the pedestal of the former Saddam Hussein statue on Firdos Square during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, April 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings last year against U.S. troops, called Saturday for American forces to withdraw from Iraq.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Iraqis rally in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, April 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings last year against U.S. troops, called Saturday for American forces to withdraw from Iraq. The demonstration overflowed Firdos Square, where protesters pulled down a towering statue of Saddam Hussein two years ago to the day. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Tens of thousands of Iraqis rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 9, 2005. The supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings last year against U.S. troops, called Saturday for American forces to withdraw from Iraq. The demonstration overflowed Firdos Square, where protesters pulled down a towering statue of Saddam Hussein two years ago to the day.(AP Photo/Samir Mizban)

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Tens of thousands of Iraqis wave banners and flags of Iraq during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, April 9, 2005. The supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings last year against U.S. troops, called Saturday for American forces to withdraw from Iraq. The demonstration overflowed Firdos Square, where protesters pulled down a towering statue of Saddam Hussein two years ago to the day. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Tens of thousands of Iraqis rally in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, April 9, 2005. The supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led uprisings last year against U.S. troops, called Saturday for American forces to withdraw from Iraq. The demonstration overflowed Firdos Square, where protesters pulled down a towering statue of Saddam Hussein two years ago to the day.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

[TGB!]

And who can they thank for their ability to protest freely? Give you a hint:

Starts with George and ends in Bush.

[ninty]

LOL

[Short Hand]

Originally Posted by ninty9

LOL

[Drew]

[quote="Short Hand":eabd2]

Originally Posted by ninty9

LOL

[/quote:eabd2]

It's not like the man doesn't have a point.

[ninty]

I agree with TGB. He does have a point. Had it not been for the US led invasion, these people would probably not have any kind of civil rights. That doesn't change the point though. Either way it's their country.

[Drew]

Indeed. I think we can all agree that the sooner we are out of there, the better.