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March 26, 2005
Freedom is on the March
Students are beaten to death for playing music as Shia militiamen run amok.
Iraqi students discover the deadly Catch-22 of being a sovereign nation occupied by foreign armies.
After escaping with two students, Ali reached a police station and asked for help. "What do you expect me to do about it?" a uniformed officer asked.
Ali went to the British military base at al-Maakal and pleaded with the duty officer at the gate. "You’re a sovereign country now. We can’t help. You have to go to the Iraqi authorities," the soldier replied.
Posted by Half-Cocked at March 26, 2005 03:42 PM