Reply #22: Iraqis find irony in Bush's stance on Lebanon, Syria

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Iraqis find irony in Bush's stance on Lebanon, Syria

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/11120948.htm

BAGHDAD, Iraq - (KRT) - Many Iraqis found bitter irony in President Bush's insistence last week that Syria must withdraw from Lebanon before it holds elections, for Iraqis have lived with foreign tanks in their streets for two years and voted barely a month ago under the watchful eye of the U.S. Army.

"He must have forgotten that his army is occupying Iraq," said Sa'ad Abdul Aziz, 21, an engineering student at Baghdad University. "What about the Republican Palace that they are using as a U.S. embassy?"