"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)
Monday, April 18, 2005
Iraq Official Killed After Hostage Comments
Gunmen assassinated a senior Iraqi Interior Ministry official who had told the media that a hostage crisis that fuelled sectarian tensions was exaggerated, police said. Police said 10 gunmen entered the home of Major-General Adnan Thabet in Baghdad and killed him and his nephew. Hours before he was killed, Mr Thabet said: "the number of hostages has been greatly exaggerated". Link
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