So today we have struck another blow for the freedom of Iraq as described by Preznit Scared as Hell:
"...One year ago, military forces of a strong coalition entered Iraq to enforce United Nations demands, to defend our security, and to liberate that country from the rule of a tyrant.
American soldiers shut down a popular Baghdad newspaper on Sunday and tightened chains across the doors after the occupation authorities accused it of printing lies that incited violence.
Thousands of outraged Iraqis protested the closing as an act of American hypocrisy, laying bare the hostility many feel toward the United States a year after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Those silly Iraqis, they'll get all the freedom that the 1600 Crew and Viceroy Bremer think they deserve.
Note: headline changed. Did not like the other one.
posted by Jo Fish on 03.29.04 at 12:14 AM
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Hungry is a mighty fine sauce. - SOUTHERN FOLK SAYING
Jack Balkin points out that the Iraqi Constitutions provides for free speech and freedom of the press. But the U.S. is not bound by it.
posted by: Shag from Brookline on 03.29.04 at 04:42 PM [permalink]
These guys just don't understand that rabid, anti-government newspapers and media are relief valves. You slap a clamp on them and the pressure just builds.
Given who was behind the paper, I don't doubt that it was printing lies and advocating violence, but it was a window on one of the factions within Baghdad.
The action just makes this particular nut-case more popular and believeable.
posted by: Bryan on 03.29.04 at 08:39 PM [permalink]
Their constitution is on toilet paper...
posted by: Mr.Murder on 03.30.04 at 03:19 PM [permalink]
