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December 30, 2006
Saddam in Jerusalem
I stopped by this coffee shop in the Old City for a cup of that hot sweet spiced milk, and the news about Saddam was on the TV. I asked if they had executed him and the vendor nodded. I said good for them. He didn't say anything.
Alcibiades adds: This BBC opening paragraph perfectly captures the mood that Judith recounted above.
Although the news of Saddam Hussein's execution was widely anticipated in the region, it has been greeted with a mixture of surprise and anger in some quarters - and notable silence in others.
Judith adds: To be fair, this was one small clump of coffee drinkers on a street dividing the Christian and Muslim quarters. And I only asked the one guy. If I were a journalist I would ask questions instead of venturing an opinion, but I was in tourist mode. But the mood was somber, like it was very early morning and everyone wasn't quite awake yet. But it was 2 PM. I do think in some quarters there would an atmosphere of happiness or excitability or at least animated talking. Here people were ignoring the TV and looking cranky.
I tried to get a shot of the TV with Saddam on it but I kept missing that moment and they were not happy with me photographing them and it was a narrow covered alley - the photo you see is from me literally backed up against the opposite wall using the widest angle on my camera. So I couldn't be discreet.
I missed a great opportunity to walk up and down the alley asking all the vendors what they thought. It would also have been interesting to buy a kaffiyeh, put it on, act like a ISM volunteer and then hear what they would say.
I am a new acolyte in the Zombietime/Even Coyne Maloney school.....
Judith | 12/30/06 at 04:37 PM | Categories: - Iraq
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Comments
But the Zionists were dancing in the streets, no doubt!
Vladimir from Russia | January 2, 2007 09:03 PM
"...act like an ISM volunteer and then hear what they would say."
"Who's that woman under the bulldozer?"
Rob | January 3, 2007 08:55 PM
