 Clockwise from left: London rose against the invasion of Iraq on 15 February 2003, but the protests went unheeded and the illegal invasion was launched. On 9 April last year Saddam Hussein's regime fell, an event that was marked by the toppling of the former leader's statue on Firdous Square in Baghdad. Today, there is no sign of the peace or "liberation" that the occupation forces speak of. This week, Iraqi Shia supporters of cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr demonstrated in Najaf as the Iraqi death toll rises and the occupation grows more oppressive (photos: AFP, Reuters, AP) parent page (8 - 14 April 2004, issue #685) |