Iraqi-Americans demand U.S. pullout from homeland

[Nambe]

Associated Press

DEARBORN -- Chanting “Get out of Najaf, get out of Iraq,” Iraqi-Americans assembled Friday to protest fighting in the Islamic holy city and demand sooner-than-scheduled elections in their native country. ..

The cleric, who strongly supported the U.S. invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, also spoke directly to President Bush: “You are abusing the democratic values of America. Where are the elections you promised us? ... If you can’t bring peace and democracy to Iraq, then you don’t deserve to be re-elected.”

Iraqi-Americans remain grateful that the U.S. military overthrew Saddam, but question the legitimacy of Iraq’s interim government, said Youssef Fawaz, corresponding secretary for the Greater Detroit chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. ,,

Friday’s protest was the latest of several staged by Al-Husainy and other Arab religious leaders in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. Southeast Michigan has the highest concentration of Arabs in the United States; in Dearborn, Arab- Americans make up about a third of the population.

[displacedtexan]

1. Now, that takes courage!

I'm sure the FBI is watching most of those people.

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.

[MuseRider]

7. I was humming that

song this morning and thinking how appropriate it was. Funny.

[7th_Sephiroth]

2. to wich John ashkroft declared red alert

and killed them all, shouting Al-Quaida

[0rion]

10. lol

[qanda]

3. You asked for it....

You got it!

[readmylips]

4. As one of my sons turned repig says....

kill all those rag heads. I want to take a rag and hang him from the ceiling....that little bastard son of mine.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. that little bastard son of mine

Woah.... you take your politics rather seriously.

[physioex]

6. If that is seriously his attitude...

You need to disvow him as a son.....

[Billy Burnett]

8. I truly sympathize with you

My step son (30 yrs old) asked me the other day "why are you so anti American" after he saw my stack of books (Moore, Clinton, Chomsky, Clarke, Franken, etc.) and when I was pointing out that Bush was AWOL, and that his minions who are attacking the war record of John Kerry, a decorated war veteran, are essentially attacking any and all decorated veterans.

I was so floored and upset that I had to leave to take a walk outside.

You have my condolences.

[MichiganVote]

9. I take it they won't be invited to the Bush bashes anytime soon

[Massacure]

11. I assume most Iraqi-Americans are muslims.

Muslims tend to vote pretty conservative don't they? I think this might be bad news for Bush.

[jaysunb]

12. real bad....

about 3 million votes....many concentrated in criticle areas.