Iraqis Hit the Streets
BAGHDAD (Reuters) 7.15.02 - Thousands of Iraqis marched through central Baghdad on Thursday demanding the execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein and denouncing Islamist militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Noisy protesters waved Iraqi flags, chanted anti-Saddam slogans and held up posters depicting mass graves. "Let every fool listen, Saddam has to be executed," "No, No to Tikrit" shouted the crowd in reference to Saddam's hometown north of Baghdad. Protesters also shouted slogans denouncing the United States, Zionism and terrorism. "Death to Wahabis! Death to Zarqawi!" shouted several hundred people in the heart of Baghdad's commercial district,... Protest organizers said they also wanted the government to introduce an annual day of remembrance for victims of Saddam. "It's crucial we don't forget the past," said 50-year-old Jafar Jasim, a member of the National Islamic Independence party, an organizer of the event alongside humanitarian groups. "We have a specific aim of making sure Saddam is executed. We also want to return Iraqi money to Iraqi hands and demand Syria cleanses its land from terrorists," said Jasim.
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