Shadows of Mogadishu

Whiskey Bar -- MOSUL, Iraq - Gunmen killed two American soldiers driving through this northern Iraqi city Sunday, and then a crowd swarmed the scene, looting the soldiers' vehicle and pummeling their bodies, witnesses said. Another soldier was killed in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad.

After the soldiers' bodies fell into the street, the crowd pummeled them with concrete blocks, Jassim said.

Associated Press
Attackers shoot two U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq
November 23, 2003


I think it is worth emphasizing that these guys lack ... the sympathy of the population...
Paul Wolfowitz
Washington Post Interview
June 26, 2003

I've demonstrated to my own satisfaction that the people of Iraq do not support the violence that we're seeing right now.
Gen. Tommy Franks
Testimony Before the House Armed Services Committee
July 10, 2003

"I still firmly believe that there is no popular support" for the attackers.
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez
Press Interview
October 9, 2003