Perspective: On this day in Iraq -- October 7th edition

October 7, 2003: U.S. soldiers arrest an Iraqi demonstrating in central Baghdad. 2,000 former employees of the Iraqi intelligence service demanded back pay and jobs. The protesters threw stones and tried to break through a barbed wire barrier.October 7, 2002:The lessons of EmpireThe photograph below of a fierce-looking group of men cradling antique machine guns comes from an old album in my home.