Wednesday, October 19, 2005
The trial of Saddam: The "Arab street" speaks
The Associated Press is calling on its vast resources around the Middle East to ask man-on-the-street types to comment on the trial of Saddam. Not surprisingly, the Palestinian taxi drivers think Saddam is unfairly maligned. So do the Ba'athist soldiers:
"To find work"? One can only imagine what sort of work a "former Iraqi soldier who moved to Jordan in 2003" might have found. No wonder the Associated Press knew where to find him.
"I hope he will be acquitted and come back to power." Mohammed Ali Kadhem, a former Iraqi soldier who moved to Jordan in 2003 to find work.
"To find work"? One can only imagine what sort of work a "former Iraqi soldier who moved to Jordan in 2003" might have found. No wonder the Associated Press knew where to find him.
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