"In the world which is upside down, the true is a moment of the false."
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Monday, April 05, 2004 the beginning of the end 
Eight U.S. Troops Killed in Shiite Uprising Occupation Forces Battle Cleric's Followers As Widespread Demonstrations Erupt in Iraq KUFA, Iraq, April 4 -- An armed Shiite revolt against the U.S.-led occupation erupted Sunday in Baghdad and other cities across Iraq's normally quiescent south. Nine soldiers, eight of them Americans, were killed, and three dozen were wounded, U.S. officials said. .... Militiamen fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault weapons at members of the 1st Armored Division, the U.S. military said. News photos showed militiamen and children cavorting near two Humvees in flames. Tracer fire was visible in the night sky from downtown, and residents reported loud explosions in the neighborhood after dark. i think it's rather difficult to overstate just how bad this news is. the troops on the ground have their hands pretty much full dealing with the persistent and bloody war they are waging with the sunnis in the north central region of the country. now it would appear that the worst fears of the CPA may be coming to pass. a broad popular uprising by the majority shia is probably the worst thing that could happen if your name is either bremer or bush. it bears repeating that, as folks like steve gilliard and juan cole among others have been warning about for about a year now, we remain in iraq as long as the shia wish us to. the day that they decide they've had enough is the day our occupation is effectively over. there is no dispersing a crowd of half a million armed men outside CPA HQ. it won't be pretty. it'll make both saigon in '75 and fallujah last week look tame. i guess we'll find out in the coming days if today's events are an actual popular revolt or just another bloody belch of violence in a viciously violent place. if bush, bremer, wolfowitz and the rest of the gang aren't shitting effin' bricks about the developments of the past week, then they are even more incompetent than they appear. (and that's sayin' something, folks.) 
Protests Unleashed by Cleric Mark a New Front in War BAGHDAD, April 4 -- By unleashing mass demonstrations and attacks in Baghdad and southern Iraq on Sunday, a young, militant cleric has realized the greatest fear of the U.S.-led administration since the occupation of Iraq began a year ago: a Shiite Muslim uprising. Fighting with U.S. troops raged into the night in a Baghdad slum, and hospitals reportedly took in dozens of casualties. But even before sunset, there was a sense across the capital that a yearlong test of wills between the American occupation and supporters of Moqtada Sadr had turned decisive, and its implications reverberated through Iraq. The unrest signaled that the U.S. military faces armed opposition on two fronts: in scarred Sunni towns such as Fallujah and, as of Sunday, in a Shiite-dominated region of the country that had remained largely acquiescent, if uneasy about the U.S. role. If put down forcefully, a Shiite uprising -- infused with religious imagery, and symbols drawn from Iraq's colonial past and the current Palestinian conflict -- could achieve a momentum of its own. .... "Just give the order, Moqtada, and we'll repeat the 1920 revolution," supporters chanted in Baghdad, a reference to a Shiite-led uprising against the British occupation that has grown in political mythology to serve as Iraq's founding act. Across town, outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led administration, Sheik Hazm Aaraji warned, "The people are prepared for martyrdom." UPDATE: U.S. Helicopters Attack Targets in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Fresh fighting between U.S. forces and Shi'ite militiamen erupted in a Baghdad neighborhood Monday, with two Apache helicopters firing on targets in the area, Reuters journalists at the scene said. A U.S. vehicle was also in flames in the area, a predominantly Shi'ite neighborhood. what i wanna know is this: just who the hell are we handing the ball to on june 30th? victoria williams: "crazy mary" " that which you fear most could meet you halfway..." posted by downtown | 4:16 AM |
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Cost of the War in Iraq
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