Unrest in Syria

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by Colin Grabow, Mar 18, 2004.

  1. Colin Grabow

    Colin Grabow New Member

    Jul 22, 1999
    Washington, DC
    Sounds not unlike DC United games when Diaz Arce came to town.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/international/middleeast/14SYRI.html

    Some soccer fans began waiving a Kurdish flag and held aloft signs blessing President Bush, while chanting "We will sacrifice our lives for Bush," said a report in the newspaper Sharq Al Awsat, published in London. The other side responded with jeers, denouncing Iraqi Kurdish leaders. That caused violent clashes that ended with the riot police moving into the stadium.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/18/wkurd18.xml&sSheet=/news

    The trouble began at a football match at which Kurdish fans waved posters of President George W Bush while being taunted by Syrian supporters with pictures of Saddam Hussein.
     
  2. Attacking Minded

    Attacking Minded New Member

    Jun 22, 2002
    You know the trouble with mainstream press? They never tell you the whole story. Like the songs, for instance. What songs were the Saddam supporters signing? How about the Bush supporters?
     

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