Thursday, January 29, 2004

Music to incite riots by...

Now what was the name of that Anti-American tune they're all humming in Baghdad?

America's next big battle may be waged in the cassette and CD players of Iraqis. Americans have flooded the nation's airwaves with harmless Western and Arab pop tunes, but many are drawn more to the catchy rhythms of crooners such as Sabah al-Jenabi. "America has come and occupied Baghdad," he sings in one popular number. "The army and people have weapons and ammunition. Let's go fight and call out the name of God."

U.S.-led coalition authorities have barred the media from promoting any kind of violence, but there is a hot market in the bazaars of central Iraq for cassettes by singers calling for insurrection. The music succeeds by tapping into the rage of the nation's Sunni minority, who lost their privileged position because of the war and feel abused by Americans.

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Hey, maybe Robin Williams will star in a new movie called "Good Morning Iraq."

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