You have to hand it to the demonstrators that came out to voice their displeasure against the on-going terrorism in Iraq. I’m not sure what it will do, but it seems that if they’re willing to demonstrate, they’re willing to fight to create a better future for their country without having US troops hang around for the next 50 years. Its a small point but I think it might be an incremental positive for the news flow, which has been unbelievably negative for the past month.
From the AP report… "Thousands of mostly black-clad Iraqis protested Tuesday outside a medical clinic where a suicide car bomber killed 125 people a day earlier, braving the threat of another attack as they waved clenched fists, condemned foreign fighters and chanted "No to terrorism!"
I am afraid there might be a suicide bomber among the demonstrating crowd," said 30-year-old Ahmed al-Amiry. "It’s very possible."
But anxieties over another attack did not prevent more than 2,000 people from gathering outside the clinic Tuesday, shouting "No to terrorism!" and "No to Baathism and Wahhabism!" and demanding the resignation of interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
Wahhabism was a clear reference to foreign fighters who are supporters of al-Qaida and adherents of the strict Wahhabi form of Islam, which is the version practiced in Saudi Arabia. The Jordanian-born Zarqawi, the country’s most feared terrorist, claims to be affiliated with Osama bin Laden’s organization. "