reported a demonstration of about 200 former Iraqi army personnel in Basra today. They were protesting over what they said was the failure to pay them pensions over the last few months. They lit tyres and made plenty of noise. This incident made the headlines.
Are the BBC in the business of mocking the thousands of people that marched against terrorism several days ago in Baghdad, without so much as a mention on any BBC News report that I’ve heard of? Of course, one of the negative Beeb’s key themes of the moment is the strife over the dismantlement of the Iraqi military, and the US’ attempts to revive it in a much smaller form (- not that they’ll examine that foundational reality until they’ve squeezed some negative headlines out of it). But in the meantime, why allow facts on the ground to spoil a good story, or two?
I think they also reported a protest by anti-Guantanamo Bay protesters at Downing Street. I wonder if that one reached double figures.