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Kurdistan is Bush Country: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in major cities worldwide protested this past weekend against the war in Iraq, and most Iraqis are either ambivalent or angry toward the US president, but Sulaymaniyah in Iraq's Kurdish north could be more solidly for George Bush than Crawford, Texas.
In staff writer Dan Murphy's unscientific sampling of opinions among a dozen Kurdish merrymakers on their major annual holiday (
see story), every single respondent expressed love and thanks to America and Mr. Bush specifically. Most compared either Bush or the Coalition Provisional Authority to Kawa, the heroic Kurdish blacksmith whose defeat of an evil king is commemorated on March 21. One young lady at an amusement park said: "I'm praying for Bush to win the election. If I could, I'd fly to America and vote for him."
David Clark Scott
World editor
Cultural snapshot
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SAY IT WITH LASERS:
Supporters of defeated presidential candidate Lien Chan light up the presidential palace in Taipei with their protest: "Step Down [President] Chen Shui-bian." Protest crowds outside the Presidential Office swelled Monday evening to 10,000. Showing their determination, protesters set up dozens of colorful tents carrying the words "Not going home without a re-count." Chen won Saturday's election by a narrow 30,000 vote margin.
KIN CHEUNG/REUTERS
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