[Marxism] A Nationalist Reaction Has Been Ignited

["Pieinsky" <pieinsky@xxxxxxx>]

Ambush, murder and kidnap: another day in 'post-war' Iraq

By Patrick Cockburn in Abu Ghraib
The Independent
10 April 2004

First there were staccato bursts of fire from Iraqi guerrillas on the other
side of the road. Then came the whoosh of RPG launchers. American soldiers
on their Humvees immediately fired back with shuddering machine guns and
M-16s. We rapidly drove off the road on to a piece of waste ground along
with several other cars. We jumped out of the doors and lay on the ground.
Bassil al- Kaissi, our driver, shouted to other Iraqis who had also taken
cover: "Take off your keffiyehs [Arab head dresses] or the Americans will
think you are mujahedin and kill you."

The violence has spread from the Sunni cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, 30
miles up the main road, to the fringes of the capital. Just a few hours
before we were plunged into the middle of a ferocious firefight, we saw
three huge, black, oily clouds of smoke rising. This is Abu Ghraib, on the
western outskirts of Baghdad. It is a district of scattered houses, old
factories and palm groves. They provide ideal cover for guerrillas.

More: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=510184



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