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I don't want or intend this to be an argument, but I must comment on your note, which I am not certain I understand. No, I STILL don't know what the Iraqis felt or wanted. My understanding is that most of them hated Saddam but hated the idea of being invaded with huge numbers of killings even more. And I DO know that I live in a country whose leaders are notorious for lying and I know that the corporate media follow suit. Therefore, when I see an opposing view that I know won't make it to CNN, and it comes through reliable sources, I feel it should be posted. I've seen the wide-angle lens photo-op pictures of Iraqis tearing down Sadam's statue. The one used in magazines makes it appear that huge numbers of people were in on this. The wide-angle photo shows evidence that it was a clearly staged event. My purpose in these posts is just to try to combat the INCESSANT lying that accounts for why 71 percent of the U.S. stands firmly behind Bush. If we had an open media and 67 percent of these people (according to the LA Times) didn't rely SOLELY on cable tv for war news, huge numbers of people would not feel so good about the U.S. winning this so-called war. The person who wrote this account wrote it as prime source material. She is THERE. I don't know her, and I don't know you. I DO know that the government here lies. Lying feeds ignorance. And ignorance kills little kids in not-so-nice ways. Lisa --- Yasser Alaskary <ya1980@hotmail.com> wrote: > i cannot believe the instults of this email. all to > avoid the simple fact > that YOU WERE WRONG, you didn't understand what > iraqis felt or wanted. > > pathetic. absolutely pathetic. as an iraqi you make > me sick. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Li Saavedra" <saavedra1979@yahoo.com> > To: <saavedra1979@yahoo.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 9:11 PM > Subject: [casi] the REAL Iraqis are not dancing in > the streets - > > > This below has not been verified, but it comes to me > from Bill Haff, who received it from Ted Glick, so > it's journeyed through reliable territory. And this > information that will NEVER pass CNN censorship > should > be noted if we're ever going to have an accurate > picture of what's happening. > > Lisa, quoting: > > [IPPN] Another Iraqi view on "dancing in the > street" > > This email is from an Iraqi corresponding with > Lorna, > who was over there as part of the Mid Hudson Valley > Peace Brigade. > > Dear Friends, Peace upon you all. Today is a sad > day > for all the people of Iraq. Baghdad has been raped. > The singing and dancing in the streets .... is a > terrible movie.I cannot put it in a better way than > my > husband, as he has said, "the American Army and the > Bush administration have used lots of horrible > weapons ... but the most lethal weapon of all ...is > the savage people, that they have unleashed in the > streets of Baghdad, calling them...the people of > Iraq!" Those people that you see on the streets, > are > the people of "Althowra city" or as they call it > sometimes "Saddam's city." Those people do not in > any way resemble the people of Iraq. They resemble > the community of criminals in Iraq. As you can see, > they are not only dancing , but they are also > looting, robbing stores, stealing cars, burning > places, and trashing the streets!Those people whom > you > see dancing were the very same people who > used to appear on TV, clapping for Saddam like > crazy, > when everyone else was against him. They are > opportunists who have no principles at all. Always > with the winner, ... and they sell very cheap. I > don't think that it was a coincidence that the > American army has decided to enter Baghdad from this > city. Please...you can believe whatever you want, > just don't call a bunch of looters and murderers the > people of Iraq." The people of Iraq are not on > the streets because they are afraid of those > maniacs, who were unleashed into the streets, due to > the absence of the authority. Since I was in Iraq, > last February, the real people of Iraq were very > afraid of what these savages were planning to do, > when > there was no government control, because the same > thing has happened after war in 1991. We don't > see people on the streets ... we only see a group of > men who are trashing the place and act like idiots. > The movie of "Baghdad Dancing" apparently was > successful, because everyone believes it. And no > one > is asking about what is happening in the rest > of Baghdad. A lethal weapon indeed. Now that there > is no government, Baghdad is full of chaos. > > The reporters are afraid to move, but they've > visited > Al-Sinek area ... and there it was a different > story. > The streets looked dark and deserted...No one was > dancing.There are places that have been bombed, and > traces of bloodstains covered the road. There were > families who are mourning the loss of loved ones > ...the death of a father and three daughters. > > The reporters drove in different places in Baghdad > ... > the streets were empty. And there was a > demonstration > by the foreigners in Iraq, and a > lady was saying, "this is all propaganda, many > people > I know are against any presence of American army in > Iraq." Today, the American soldiers shot at an > ambulance that was carrying some casualties, killing > two and injuring three. In Basra, armed people > robbed a bank. Others burned a grain storage ... > when the soldiers were just observing and never > attempted to stop it. > > They were the reason that there is no government in > the first place. So it is their responsibility to > keep the community safe ... they did come to > "free us and take care of us," after all. The war > has > not ended in Baghdad, just because Saddam has > disappeared ... because it was never about Saddam.It > is about Iraq. Iraq is not State No. 51 ... and it > never will be. For more than 200 years, and up > until > this day, People of America have been celebrating > their independence from the British ... on the 4th > of > July. > > I would say it is the biggest day for Americans. > Why > does anyone expect us to celebrate our invasion?I > leave you all in peace.Yasmin -- > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk