MEMRI Arab TV Monitor Project - Iraqi Election Broadcasts and Public Service Announcements

Now this is telling those terrorists what the world needs to make sure they understand: that civilized people repudiate their agenda and want nothing to do with their totalitarian ideas. Here's an excerpt:

An Iraqi election broadcast appeared on Al-Arabiya TV on January 2, 2005. To view the clip, visit http://memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=453:

An old man rounding a corner into an alleyway looks up and sees young, masked militants facing him down. A couple joins the old man. Slowly, more and more people join the old man.

Voiceover:"On January 30, we meet our destiny and our duty. We are not alone, and we are not afraid. Our strength is in our unity; together we will work and together prevail."

Those joining the man now outnumber the militants. He nods and they move forward. The militants run away.

Written on screen: "Don't worry about Iraq. We are its people. We will allow no one to deprive us of our rights. For the building of Iraq: Peace, freedom and democracy. The heroes of Iraq."

And this didn't come from the United States Information Agency. It comes from the Iraqis themselves. Such is the chief benefit of terminating the Coalition Provisional Authority as early as we did--in addition to not having to prosecute every common garden-variety criminal case that came up in that country.

The people are blowing on the big microphone. On January 30, they will speak. Stay tuned...