Originally posted by Sandman333: Iraqis Call Shuttle Disaster God's Vengeance
Updated 2:51 PM ET February 1, 2003
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Immediate popular reaction in Baghdad on Saturday to the loss of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew -- including the first Israeli in space -- was that its was God's retribution.
"We are happy that it broke up," government employee Abdul Jabbar al-Quraishi said.
Stupid, stupid...
The smart thing to have done would have been for Iraq to officially send sincere condolences to the US and Israel. That would make people see Iraq as more "human" if they're prepared to put differences aside and sympathise with the American people.
