Clarity in Arab protests

Arabs participating in the Saturday protests showed a unique awareness of the issues: About 10,000 people waving Iraqi, French and German flags and Saddam Hussein pictures marched peacefully but noisily through the Lebanese capital of Beirut. … In Amman, about 5,000 Jordanian demonstrators chanted “Death to the Americans and Victory to Iraq.” Some demonstrators carried … Continue reading “Clarity in Arab protests”

Arabs participating in the Saturday protests showed a unique awareness of the issues:

About 10,000 people waving Iraqi, French and German flags and Saddam Hussein pictures marched peacefully but noisily through the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

In Amman, about 5,000 Jordanian demonstrators chanted “Death to the Americans and Victory to Iraq.” Some demonstrators carried posters of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urging him to launch missile attacks on Israel.

I’d like some pictures, but so far all I can round up is a man with a kid dressed like Saddam on his shoulders. The Arabs who came out to support the Baathist regime were at least honest about what they were doing.