Massive demonstration in Basrah

When I read about the massive demonstration in Basrah (estimated by local police at 700,000) organized by Muqtada As-Sadr, I knew that it would not get any attention in the Western press.  It was organized on the anniversary of the US invasion.  I noticed this in Lebanon too.  A small demonstration that is anti-Hizbullah in Lebanon or a small one against a regime that the US does not like, gets ample coverage.  But a massive demonstration against a pro-US regime is largely ignored.  Another sign of the extent to which the Western press just follow the inclinations of the US government nowadays.