[lbo-talk] rioters chase us military out of Iraqi town

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

At 11:59 AM -0500 5/29/03, steve philion wrote:
>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq29may29,1,3635804.st
>ory?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld
>
>By Tyler Marshall, Times Staff Writer
>
>HIT, Iraq - In the third straight day of Iraqi violence against the 
>U.S. military occupation of the country, residents enraged over 
>house-to-house searches in this western town ransacked the police 
>station, stoned U.S. armored military vehicles and set police cars 
>on fire Wednesday.
>
>With a large, uncontrolled mob still roaming the streets as dusk 
>fell, it was impossible to determine exactly what triggered the 
>riot, but in a series of chaotic interviews laced with anti-American 
>rage and threats of vengeance, residents said the problems began 
>when police assisted the U.S. troops in searching local homes for 
>weapons.

Apparently, the riot made the army of occupation retreat and back off 
from weapons confiscation:

*****   *****   New York Times   June 1, 2003
Allied Officials Now Allow Iraqi Civilians to Keep Assault Rifles
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 31 - In a significant retreat in American efforts 
to seize weapons held by Iraqi citizens, American and British 
officials said today that Iraqis would be allowed to keep AK-47 
assault rifles in their homes and businesses....

<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/international/worldspecial/01IRAQ.html> 
*****
-- 
Yoshie

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