| Anyone see this on the news? My guess is probably not, Iraq is still far to dangerous to report from, even if there is any interest left in reporting a country we just happened to invade. These men are Iraqi. Who do they represent and why do they want the US out of Iraq?
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An Old U.S. Foe Rises Again in Iraq
GHARAF, Iraq -- Over the loudspeakers set up in this small town in a backwater of southern Iraq, the commands came in staccato bursts. "Forward!" a man clad in black shouted to the militiamen. "March!"
Column after column followed through the dusty, windswept square. Some of the marchers wore the funeral shawls of prospective martyrs. Others were dressed in newly pressed camouflage. Together, their boots beat the pavement like a drum as they goose-stepped or double-timed in place.
Over their heads flew the Iraqi flag, banners of Shiite Muslim saints and a portrait of their leader, Moqtada Sadr -- symbols of their militia, the Mahdi Army, twice subdued by the U.S. military last year but now openly displaying its strength in parts of the south.
"At your service, Sadr! At your service, Moqtada!" the men chanted in formation. "We hear a voice calling us!"
coninued: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...a35586_2005apr7
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