Iraqis protest US occupation - renewed armed resistance threatened

[Sam Lord]

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Tens of thousands of Iraqis have take to the streets of Baghdad and elsewhere to demand an end to the US military occupation. The demonstrations were a speedy response to the statement yesterday of US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates that American troops could remain in Iraq for years. Even more ominous for the yanks is the threat of the prominent Iraqi Shia cleric, Moqtada al Sadr, to relaunch armed resistance if the Yanks are not gone by the end of the year.

“The first thing we will do is escalate the military resistance activity and reactivate the Mahdi Army in a new statement which will be published later,” Mr. Sadr’s representative, Salah al-Obaidi, told the crowd.

The commitment of the US to colonising Iraq is demonstrated in the size of its "Embassy" in Baghdad - currently 0.44 square kilometers—the size of the Vatican City. It is been suggested that the US plans to boost the numbers working at the most expensive "Embassy" in the world to 18,000 in upcoming years.

[Sam Lord]

Two US soldiers were killed in Iraq this week:

DOD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation New Dawn. They died April 2 of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their position with indirect fire in Babil, Iraq.

Killed were:

Staff Sgt. Quadi S. Hudgins, 26, of New Orleans, La.

Sgt. Christian A. S. Garcia, 30, of Goodyear, Ariz.

They were assigned to the Maintenance Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

[Kev Bar]

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The commitment of the US to colonising Iraq is demonstrated in the size of its "Embassy" in Baghdad - currently 0.44 square kilometers—the size of the Vatican City. It is been suggested that the US plans to boost the numbers working at the most expensive "Embassy" in the world to 18,000 in upcoming years.

What would you have called the huge expansion of the Iranian embassy in Sarajevo in the early 90s a committment of?

[Sam Lord]

What would you have called the huge expansion of the Iranian embassy in Sarajevo in the early 90s a committment of?

I dunno. Did it have 18,000 people?