Some unsubstantiated rumors say that al-Sadr has called for university protests after taking over one. Youre right though, its still disturbing that the young, intelligent people of the country are on his side.

Of course this is not quite the same thing as Tiananmen Square....

No kidding. Theoretically the roles are reversed: we are bringing democracy with tanks to kids in schools, not vice versa. Somehow this appears worse. Communists breaking up democracy rallies with tanks seems par for the course. Democracies breaking up rallies with tanks, well, it doesn't feel right. Granted, these protesters were armed.Also, there are few chinese.