April 10, 2003

LOCAL TV NEWS IN KNOXVILLE showed a spontaneous street demonstration by area Iraqi-Americans, celebrating the fall of Saddam. Here's a story from the News-Sentinel on a Knoxville man of Iraqi origins who's very happy, too.

That seems to be the pattern everywhere: For Iraqi Exiles in California, Baghdad's Fall is Instant Holiday; Local Iraqi-American Thrilled to See Saddam's Regime Crumble; Iraqi-American Overjoyed by Fall of Regime, etc., etc. Just search "Iraqi-American" on Google News -- new stories are appearing steadily.

So where was all the coverage of how unpopular Saddam was with these folks before the war?

UPDATE: Here's a story about 1,000 Iraqi-Americans celebrating in Dearborn, Michigan. They marched against Saddam before the war, too, but were almost completely ignored by the Big Media.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Jay Caruso has a link to video of the Dearborn celebrations.