{"id":692,"date":"2004-04-05T22:24:05","date_gmt":"2004-04-06T05:24:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2004-04-05T22:24:05","modified_gmt":"2004-04-06T05:24:05","slug":"bush-bremer-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2004\/04\/05\/bush-bremer-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush &#038; Bremer: Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More from Raed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So, Bush and Bremer said that all the clashes and attacks are being planed by terrorists, and that\u2019s why the American army is killing and arresting \u201cbad Iraqis\u201d in those \u201cbad cities\u201d\u2026 those were just minority, but the CPA is going to give freedom and democracy for the majority of Iraqis.<\/p>\n<p>Ok\u2026 here is the majority! AsSadr is the majority, he is THE leader of the majority\u2026AsSadr is the symbol of millions in the south who were waiting for Americans come, where is the problem?<br \/>\nWhy did Bremer decide to close AsSadr\u2019s newspaper now? And arrest his assistant?<br \/>\nBecause the newspaper said that Bremer is acting like a new Saddam?????????<br \/>\nI say that too :*) arrest me.<br \/>\nI think that Bremer acts like a small Saddam sometimes; today he decided to forbidden demonstrations! One year in jail is what you get if you demonstrate without having an approval, to have the approval u must submit a form at least 24 hours before the demonstration with information about why, when, who, how many, bla bla blah..<br \/>\n:*)<\/p>\n<p>The clashes that didn\u2019t happen last year between the CPA and the \u201cmajority\u201d just started, in a bad timing too for Bush and his adminstration.<\/p>\n<p>I think Bremer should write a book under the title \u201chow to create lose\/lose situations\u201d, he closed the newspaper, arrested the assistant, shoot people in demonstrations, attacked Shia neighborhoods and cities, and now\u2026 the outlaw thing.<\/p>\n<p>The picture of the day, is for some policemen joining a pro-Sadr demonstrations at Basra, where people occupied the governorate building, maybe that would be a message to the CPA that feelings of belonging to the social and cultural structure in the south are much stronger than the $60 salary.<\/p>\n<p>Believe me, Bremer and Bush are totally lost; most of the time they don\u2019t know what they want to do, and when they do, they don\u2019t know how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Believe me, they are playing with fire.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com\/2004_04_01_raedinthemiddle_archive.html#108119752365989503\" target=\"_blank\">Posted by: Raed Jarrar \/ 12:27 AM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to all the Iraqi bloggers who are giving us updates and analysis.  They are in position to see it all and identify the real situation.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the link to read the rest &#8211; this is an excerpt of a long post well worth reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More from Raed: So, Bush and Bremer said that all the clashes and attacks are being planed by terrorists, and that\u2019s why the American army is killing and arresting \u201cbad Iraqis\u201d in those \u201cbad cities\u201d\u2026 those were just minority, but the CPA is going to give freedom and democracy for the majority of Iraqis. 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