THE LUNATIC FRINGE

"What's the antiwar crowd up to these days? Actually I like to refer to them as the pro-Saddam crowd, because that's what they support. I ask this because they have reared their ugly little heads again this weekend to mark the third anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. AP is reporting that the planned protests generally drew "smaller-than-anticipated crowds" worldwide.

Al-Jazeera, on the other hand, reports "massive rallies" on Saturday, and then goes on to mention the 500 who showed up in Sydney, the 2,000 that showed up in Tokyo, and the 300 that turned out in a town in East Punjab. On Sunday, al-Jazeera reported 200 in New Orleans, 2,000 expected in Seoul, and down to 800 in Tokyo, for Day 2. It looks like London had the biggest turnout, with a reported 15,000. I guess that's because the Muslim Association of Britain ordered everyone to show up. Can they do a fatwa for that? Chicago appeared to have 7,000, outdoing Times Square in NYC with its piddly 1,000-participant rally."
Rasti