[xJones]

In the midst of the bleeding throngs, boys banged goatskin drums, clashed cymbals and blew horns to urge on the marchers in a ceremony banned for more than 30 years.

Kat, for all his paper-shredding ways, maybe Saddam knew those people better than us.

[kattracks]

True there are aspects of many religions that seem bizarre to those outside of those religions, but what I found interesting is that these people were able to practice their beliefs again after thirty years of suppression.