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pritchke · 04-02-2003, 02:21 PM

http://www.macleans.ca/xta-doc2/2003...er/57737.shtml

As Arab anger mounts, Iraqis abroad prepare to fight

JONATHON GATEHOUSE

SEATS ARE hard to come by on the "Martyrs' Express." Iraqi men line up to stake their claim early in the morning, hours before the bus departs Amman for the first leg of the long and dangerous trip to Baghdad. By the time the battered coach leaves Mahatta station, trailing puffs of diesel exhaust, two other buses have been dispatched to deal with the overflow customers. On board, the mood is as blue and stifling as the curtain of cigarette smoke that drops closer to the floor with each passing kilometre. The passengers are mostly in their 20s and 30s, though there is the odd grey beard and pimply teenage face scattered among them -- labourers, factory workers, even a schoolteacher, all professing the same reason for heading home: to fight against America and its allies.
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That's evident on the square where the "Martyrs' Express" loads its would-be warriors. As they wait, they denounce America and salve their wounded national pride. But in a grubby cafe just off the square, one man sits quietly at a table, apart from his fellow Iraqis, smoking and watching the pelting rain outside. Later, after the others have gone, he speaks in a low voice, talking about his 16 brothers in Baghdad, his time as a member of the Republican Guard -- and his decision not to return to fight.

"In all of the Arab countries, there's no freedom of speech, so if I say what I really think, I'll be in deep trouble," he says. "In the end, none of these decisions are really in the hands of the people anyway." He cuts the conversation short, worried that others might be listening. He won't give his name, but he's willing to provide a number -- the file identifier for his refugee claim to Canada.
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I just took the first couple paragraphas from the first and last of the article. It appears that many are returning home to fight for Saddham but their are those that will not fight and will just let what happens, happen. Bush was wrong in his unilaterial approach, someone said 100 Bin Ladens were created as a result but I would place the number in the 1000's.

04-02-2003, 02:21 PM	#1
pritchke Bastet - Egyptian Cat Goddess Join Date: September 5, 2001 Location: Calgary, AB Age: 50 Posts: 3,491	http://www.macleans.ca/xta-doc2/2003...er/57737.shtml As Arab anger mounts, Iraqis abroad prepare to fight JONATHON GATEHOUSE SEATS ARE hard to come by on the "Martyrs' Express." Iraqi men line up to stake their claim early in the morning, hours before the bus departs Amman for the first leg of the long and dangerous trip to Baghdad. By the time the battered coach leaves Mahatta station, trailing puffs of diesel exhaust, two other buses have been dispatched to deal with the overflow customers. On board, the mood is as blue and stifling as the curtain of cigarette smoke that drops closer to the floor with each passing kilometre. The passengers are mostly in their 20s and 30s, though there is the odd grey beard and pimply teenage face scattered among them -- labourers, factory workers, even a schoolteacher, all professing the same reason for heading home: to fight against America and its allies. . . . That's evident on the square where the "Martyrs' Express" loads its would-be warriors. As they wait, they denounce America and salve their wounded national pride. But in a grubby cafe just off the square, one man sits quietly at a table, apart from his fellow Iraqis, smoking and watching the pelting rain outside. Later, after the others have gone, he speaks in a low voice, talking about his 16 brothers in Baghdad, his time as a member of the Republican Guard -- and his decision not to return to fight. "In all of the Arab countries, there's no freedom of speech, so if I say what I really think, I'll be in deep trouble," he says. "In the end, none of these decisions are really in the hands of the people anyway." He cuts the conversation short, worried that others might be listening. He won't give his name, but he's willing to provide a number -- the file identifier for his refugee claim to Canada. ------------------------------------------------------------------ I just took the first couple paragraphas from the first and last of the article. It appears that many are returning home to fight for Saddham but their are those that will not fight and will just let what happens, happen. Bush was wrong in his unilaterial approach, someone said 100 Bin Ladens were created as a result but I would place the number in the 1000's.