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March 15, 2005
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
BAGHDAD, Iraq -
Some Iraqis have found bitter irony in President Bush's insistence
that Syria must withdraw its troops from Lebanon before Lebanese
elections.
Iraqis, they say, have lived with American tanks in their streets for
two years and voted barely a month ago.
"He must have forgotten that his army is occupying Iraq," said Sa'ad
Abdul Aziz, 21, an engineering student at Baghdad University.
"What about the Republican Palace that they are using as a U.S.
Embassy?"
Although many here were glad to see Saddam Hussein driven from power
by the U.S.-led invasion, two years later they bristle at the sight of
American soldiers patrolling their streets and are embarrassed that
the U.S. Embassy occupies Iraq's equivalent of the White House.
Last week, as Bush repeatedly pressed the argument that democracy
could not be freely exercised in Lebanon while under the occupation of
Syria's troops, jokes were making the rounds at Iraqi universities.
Some Iraqis who have long demanded an immediate U.S. withdrawal found
themselves quoting Bush, a man they never thought they would agree
with.
"For us it is a joke said by the U.S. president," said Ahmed Mushref,
25, an English literature student at Baghdad's Al-Mustansyria
University.
"I am not defending Syria, but this is the truth."
"What Bush said is an insult and a joke at the same time," said Wissam
Hashim, an engineering professor at Al-Anbar University.
"He is condemning himself."
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Georgie luuuvs telling sick jokes, doesn't he.
Harry
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