Baghdad's Firdus Square in pictures 4 years apart

[underpants]

Firdus or “Paradise” Square.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firdus_Square


Anti-US march


The demonstration in Najaf has been muted. While Middle East Online claimed "hundreds of thousands of Shiites burned and trampled on US flags," the reality is the protest was far smaller than Sadr would have liked. Reuters puts the protest size in the thousands, and during a press round table briefing today, Rear Admiral Mark Fox noted that the Coalition is closely monitoring the protest, and put the number of demonstrators between 5,000 and 7,000. The protest is monitored both on the ground and via air, which allows for a relatively accurate count of the number of protesters. Sadr's weak showing during the April 9 protests highlights the setbacks he has suffered both politically and militarily since the inception of the Baghdad Security plan and his flight to Iran.

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/04/busted-multi-national-forces-iraq.html

4 years ago

The Saddam Toppling ceremony.



Wednesday, April 9, 2003 Posted: 12:45 PM EDT (1645 GMT)



Crowds cheer as a statue of Saddam Hussein falls.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqis danced and waved the country's pre-1991 flag in central Baghdad's Firdos Square after a U.S. Marine armored recovery vehicle helped topple the square's huge statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/09/sprj.irq.statue/
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A crowd of Iraqis, with the help of U.S. Marines, toppled a 40-foot statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in a main square of the capital Wednesday, pelting it with garbage and shoes and dragging the head through the streets.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83682,00.html

[YDogg]

1. Freedom is on the march

[displacedtexan]

2. Gateway Pundit is a notorious wingnut blogger.

I trust Think Progress.

[underpants]

3. Actually thinkprogress is how I got to gateway pundit

Crooksandliars (for entertainment) and thinkprogress are my morning lap around the news along with DU etc.

I like to link the source for thinkprogress when it isn't them or when they offer a link.

Thinkprogress is the single best poli-news site on the web IMHO

[rwork]

4. U.P

Could you send Keith the 2 pictures showing the way the media exploited the ist picture for propaganda purposes then downplayed the latest demonstration?

[underpants]

5. Done

:thumbsup:

[JackRiddler]

6. The heroic US action has finally united the Iraqi people. n/t