So Bush and his spokesmen are still giving us the same old crap about "terrrists, thugs and assasins." Its like they have not looked at the news this weekend. They learn nothing from current events, and seem unwilling to change tactics or be flexible in a response.
Now they have labelled Sadr a terrorist. So what I want to know is when the whole Iraqi population joins an uprising, does that mean they are ALL terrorists, so we are justified in just killing everyone?
05 Apr 2004 14:48:50 GMT
W.House says Iraq's Sadr is allied with terrorists
By Jeremy Pelofsky
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 5 (Reuters) - The White House accused Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr of being an ally of "terrorist organizations" on Monday and said the religious leader whose supporters fueled a violent weekend uprising was seeking to undermine the June 30 transfer of sovereignty.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan sought to cast the uprising among Sadr's followers as an isolated development rather than a Shi'ite rebellion with sweeping public support.
"What you're talking about is one individual who is seeking to derail democracy and freedom for the Iraqi people. This is one individual who is seeking to undermine the transition process to sovereignty," McClellan told reporters aboard Air Force One as U.S. President George W. Bush traveled to North Carolina.
"This is an individual, I would remind you, that has pledged solidarity with terrorist organizations, Hamas and Hezbollah."
Bush, speaking at a political stop in Charlotte, said that despite "tough action" in Iraq the United States' "will stay the course."
"A free Iraq will make the world more peaceful, a free Iraq will make America more secure. We will not be shaken by thugs and terrorists," he said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05275851.htm