McClatchy reports that university students in the Sunni Arab city of Fallujah west of Baghdad held a demonstration on Wednesday in which they waved their shoes and threw stones at US troops. McClatchy writes:
' Students raised their shoes and threw rocks at American soldiers, who reportedly opened fire above the crowd. Protesters said that indirect fire wounded one student, Zaid Salih. U.S. forces haven't confirmed the account. "Wedemonstrated to express our support for Muntathar al Zaidi, but we were surprised with the entrance of the U.S. military," said Ahmed Ismail, one of the protesters. "Unconsciously, we raised our shoes expressing our support for al Zaidi, but they attacked us." '
Yes, the shoe-throwing incident shows that Iraqis are free to protest, as long as they don't mind broken bones and gunfire.
2 comments:
Wait'll those concealed carry laws kick in.
The important thing is that under Saddam, they weren't allowed to protest. Although Saddam had to shoot them one by one, which has been proven to be much less efficent than us.
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