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Coming Out of the Grave
03/22/2003

The Guardian has already got the touching made-for-the-history-books quotation from an Iraqi that ought to find its way into the ballad about this war, if one is written:

"You just arrived," he said. "You're late. What took you so long? God help you become victorious. I want to say hello to Bush, to shake his hand. We came out of the grave."

So as not to inflame the Arab street (or to overstate the President's significance), I won't delve into the implications of the very Christian imagery that this man, Ajami Saadoun Khlis, utilized to convey his feelings, presumably without intention.

Posted by Justin Katz @ 04:32 PM EST