A little more free speech from Iraq...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2959015.stm

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Baghdad after Friday prayers, to protest against what they see as a foreign occupation of their country.

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[inulro.livejournal.com]

One of my co-workers is married to an Iraqui. His entire family still live there. A while ago the subject of "what do Iraquis think of Saddam?" came up at lunch.

J's husband is from a very non-religious family. She said that they really hate Saddam but are worried about the post-Saddam situation because many Iraquis have expressed their dislike of the Baath regime by becoming a lot more religious - for instance, women who don't cover up in public for religious reasons now do it from social pressure - and there is a very real fear that his regime will be replaced by a fundamentalist islamic one.