Arabs watch Saddam's demise in disbelief

Reuters | 4/09/03 | Lucy Fielder

[the Deejay]

""It seemed that Iraqis were all with Saddam, now it looks like many didn't like him."

An understatement. They knew they'd be shot if they said anything against him.

[anniegetyourgun]

You are spot on.....and no thanks to the weenies in the last American administration who emboldened this bloody dictator in Iraq.

[Leo Carpathian]

What are all the terrorists going to do now that their cash-daddy is caput?

... for everything else there is Mastercard

Freep & Roll!

[dc-zoo]

I hope they finally realize that the arab media were constantly lying to them. How can they be so ignorant?

[Blood of Tyrants]

lost Baghdad to U.S.-led forces If this was a football game, Iraq would have lost 50,000,000 to zero.

[3AngelaD]

Yeah, he really did so much to improve the Palestinians' situation. They're all free and safe and rich now. Actually, they could have been free and safe and rich several decades ago if they had simply left Israel alone and built their own state on the territory given them in 1948.

[Alouette]

Rabat perfume shop owner Lahoucine Lanait described Saddam as the Arab world's "best dictator."

Please tell me this was copied from The Onion.

[thoughtomator]

point-of-the-whole-exercise BUMP!

[Trueblackman]

The reports could have went over to DU and got the same kind od responses and saved themselves the airfare. You know all terrorist do think alike.

[Plutarch]

"Saddam was not an angel to his own people..."

You've got to admire the use of understatement. A further example of lasting British influence in these former colonies.

[the Deejay]

Ya think the Arabs now know Baghdad Bob had been lying to them?? LOL

[Arkie2]

Just like the Arabs to glorify a dictator and a loser.

[pubmom]

Somehow I doubt it.

[tallhappy]

"Saddam is not an Arab champion. The war is practically over, did he win? No, and Iraq is destroyed,"

I think we'll here this a lot -- that Iraq is destroyed.

But it isn't. Don't let the left put this across.

[lafroste]

and Iraq is destroyed,

The pictures I saw of Baghdad showed a city that appeared remarkably intact, all things considered.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

The sand maggots are starting to get a clue.

"No one opposes a powerful person".

You got that right, you barbarians in filthy nightshirts. You topple two of our buildings in the largest city in our country, then we come to your region, invade your filthy medieval nation, overthrow your government, kill your leaders, and put you all under the boot.

Just because George Bush says "Islam is a religion of peace" in public doesn't mean he doesn't know the truth about Islam and the Arab world. I got a feeling Georgie is working overtime behind the scenes to insure that the Islamofascist hordes are crushed.

U.S.: 2
Barbarians-In-Filthy-Nightshirts: 1

And we're only in the first second quarter, a@@holes...

[Semi Civil Servant]

Adel in Beirut disagreed. "So he was the only Arab leader to stand up to the Americans. Look what happened, no one else will dare try that again."

Spread the word, Sherlock.

[Use It Or Lose It]

and no thanks to the weenies in the last American administration

You almost have to pity Arabs (or anyone else) who thinks GWB is anything like Bubba.

[Fighter@heart]

Those that fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it!!

[Im Your Huckleberry]

That should have been: "and we're only in the second quarter, a@@holes..."