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December 04, 2005

Those people who love Mommy Sheehan?

The ones that erstwhile LATimes screed extraordinaire Scheer writes about:

Sunni leaders who are still willing to participate in the Dec. 15 elections told Marines in a meeting in Iraq that they are encouraged by the actions of activist Cindy Sheehan and others who are calling for a U.S. withdrawal. [...]

Sheehan should be congratulated for showing the Iraqi people and the rest of the world what democracy is all about.*

Those lovers of democracy got the memo wrong. They confused ballots with bombs
BAGHDAD, Iraq Dec 4, 2005 — A Sunni Arab insurgent group was plotting to attack the trial of Saddam Hussein when it resumed Monday, Iraq's national security adviser said Sunday.

The statement by national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie's office said the 1920 Revolution Brigades planned to fire rockets at the court building during Monday's session. Iraqi intelligence uncovered the plot, but the statement did not say whether anyone had been arrested. [...]

The slow pace of the proceedings has angered many Iraqis -- especially majority Shiites -- who believe Saddam should have already been punished for his alleged crimes. Shiites and Kurds were heavily oppressed by Saddam's Sunni Arab-dominated regime.

Yes, those alleged mass graves filled with alleged Iraqi men, women and children. Saddam only oppressed Shiites and Kurds with, you know, stereotypes.

Allegedly.

Posted by Darleen at December 4, 2005 08:19 AM

Comments

"The slow pace of the proceedings has angered many Iraqis... who believe Saddam should have already been punished for his alleged crimes."

The word "alleged" is further inappropriate here because whatever the opinion of the reporter, certainly the angry Iraqis in question believe the crimes are real, and as the statement is reporting their beliefs, the word should simply not be there.

Posted by: Strider at December 5, 2005 10:01 AM