In Iraq the Americans are winning the hearts and minds again.
A week ago they batonned a man senseless
he refused to remove a poster from his car:
the poster was a picture of Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr.
Were the Americans protecting free speech?
Were they demonstrating their version of religious tolerance?
Unfortunately the man, Salem Hassan, died from the beating,
I suppose the Americans would call his death collateral damage.
I say to the Americans "Keep digging: the hole must lead somewhere".
John Tomlinson
From Green Left Weekly, April 29, 2004.
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