Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest

[gonerail]

BAGHDAD – Chanting "no to America," supporters of a radical Shiite cleric burned an effigy of President George W. Bush Friday in a protest demanding parliament scuttle a U.S.-Iraqi security pact and American troops begin withdrawing from Iraq immediately.

The demonstration drew nearly 20,000 followers of Muqtada al-Sadr to Firdous Square, the same spot where U.S. Marines toppled a statue of Saddam Hussein and exultant Iraqis pummeled it with debris in what became an iconic image of the fall of Baghdad and the end of the dictator's 23-year rule.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/..._mi_ea/ml_iraq

[mesue]

grandstanding. I'm sure they know Obama will take office soon.

[DR_GONZO]

All those U.S. lives lost. All those U.S. military service members permanently injured/scarred for life. All those U.S. taxpayer dollars wasted in the form of blank check after blank check. All for these grateful Iraqis. Good thing Iranian backed Shiites are now in control of Iraq.