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Donald — 1/16/2004 3:47:29 AM (archived)

Shiites Protest U.S.-Backed Election Plan

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Associated Press Writer

BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- Shouting "no to America!" tens of thousands of Shiite Muslims took to the streets to protest a U.S.-backed formula for choosing Iraq's new legislature.

The protest came Thursday as an aide to Iraq's foremost Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, warned that he might issue a fatwa, or religious edict, rejecting a U.S.-backed government if his demands for direct elections are ignored.

The turnout in Basra, estimated by British soldiers at up to 30,000, was the biggest protest organized by Shiite clerics against the power transfer plan.

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The word "quagmire" comes to mind.

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Yellowcake in Rotterdam Harbor May Be From Iraq - REB - 1/16/2004 2:39:05 AM
- re: Yellowcake in Rotterdam Harbor IS From Iraq - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 6:21:18 PM
- This feeling you have may be the same kind Bush gets about WMD's. Try some Pepto Bismol (n/t) - Greg - 1/16/2004 10:18:20 AM
- Meanwhile: U.S. Weapons Hunter Won't Return to Iraq - Donald - 1/16/2004 3:43:38 AM
  - And: 30,000 Shiites Protest U.S.-Backed Election Plan - Donald - 1/16/2004 3:47:29 AM
    - Meanwhile, a note from the "quagmire." - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 4:11:31 AM
    - Maybe the Iraqi Shiites would prefer their previous status as a major source of fertilizer. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 3:54:57 AM
      - The price of such arrogance... - Don - 1/16/2004 4:53:04 AM
        
        It isn't arrogance. It's a simple fact. - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 6:56:49 AM
        
        That may be but... - Donald - 1/16/2004 2:43:49 PM
        
        re: That may be but... - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 4:42:07 PM
- re: Yellowcake in Rotterdam Harbor May Be From Iraq - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 3:27:47 AM
- Yawn - Donald - 1/16/2004 3:26:35 AM

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