Informed Comment

Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion

Juan Cole is President of the Global Americana Institute

Thursday, October 23, 2003

Demonstration in Fallujah

The arrest of a senior prayer leader in Fallujah sparked a protest Wednesday by 100 religious and tribal leaders. AFP says they shouted "Death to Americans, their spies and collaborators" as they made their way to the government offices. It was a small demonstration, but if it is true that they were religious and tribal leaders, then they represented thousands of persons.

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