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Old 12-30-2006, 10:12 AM   #27 (permalink)
ratbastid
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Originally Posted by willravel
Saddam's removal from power was rejoiced once upon a time, and cheering and dancing filled the streets. That's just not going on anymore.
One of the first articles I saw reporting Saddam's death said something like, "After the hanging, gunfire, presumably celebratory, was heard in Baghdad."

.... "Presumably celebratory"? How could you tell the celebratory gunfire apart from all the OTHER gunfire in Baghdad these days? And what bald-faced editorialist is doing the presuming, exactly??
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