Demonstration In Fallujah Arrest Of

Juan Cole 10/23/2003

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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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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page