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Having a journalist attacking a visiting Head of State, no matter how unpopular, is surely a national embarrassment. If someone in this country did that to the visting Head of State of a different country, I'd say they'd face a very high probability of being beaten while in custody, too.
I heard this was a false claim.
So what? It's totally unacceptable that a prisoner gets beaten in custody, especially if he hasn't killed/raped anyone.
Furthermore, what he did was not a "real" attack, it was just symbolic, like Noel Godin who throws pie on famous people who deserve it
-- Also the brother who is making the claims keeps changing his story --
There are separate claims that Muntazer al-Zaidi was injured during the arrest and that is also where one claim of the rifle butt to the head comes from.
Another brother (Muntadar al-Zaidi) said on Al-Baghdadia television, "Zaid’s employer, that he had spoken by telephone with his brother and that he told him “thank God, I am in good health”. “I felt from his voice that he is good health,” Maitham al-Zaidi said."
Depends who it is. What about China's head of state? Or North Korea? George Bush isn't some visting head of state will little links to the country.One simply does not throw things at Heads of State. It is grossly undignified, and a completely pointless and ineffectual means of registering one's grievances.
Depends who it is. What about China's head of state? Or North Korea? George Bush isn't some visting head of state will little links to the country.
Same standard. One does not throw things at visiting Heads of State; that is not how civilized people air their grievances, and that sort of behavior creates international incidents-- that can lead to repercussions for your country.
Rev, I was backing you...
Also who counts as a head of state.One does not throw things at visiting Heads of State
Is the head of China or North Korea a civilised person?
Yes. We may not agree with their policies, but they are civilized.
But even if they were not, does it matter? As a visiting Head of State, they would be in this country on diplomatic business with our government-- business that assaulting them would surely disrupt, to neither of our country's benefit. Such an action would embarrass both your government and your countrymen, and yourself if you were possessed of any sense of dignity. (Not to imply that you are lacking such. I mean in general.)
I think I would be terribly ashamed to discover that a member of my family had thrown something at a person in this country on diplomatic business-- especially a high-ranking official.
It depends, Bush is quite unpopular on a global scale. Someone would probably be shouted beers if they did it to him in Aussieland.
If this is true, I think it says far more about Australia than it would about President Bush, and I am afraid that what it says about Australia isn't particularly nice.
It's not just in Australia that Bush is incredibly unpopular.
Who beat him up? I thought he was the new hero of the Arab world? I thought all the Arabs think it's awesome to throw shoes at Bush.
I hope our new president tells all those people to piss off.
Bush got rid of the one man that killed more Muslims than any other man in history.
We helped the Muslims in the Balkans. We tried to help them in Somalia. We helped them in Kuwait. We helped them in Afghanistan.
We have lost 4,000 soldiers in Iraq trying to keep those savages from killing each other after we liberated them from a complete madman.
Seriously, who needs them?
you need their oil and you don't need to call them "savages"
I live in Louisiana. I don't need anybody's oil.
I believe calling your enemies savages is still appropriate in the US.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Shoe thrower 'beaten in custody'
Muntadar al-Zaidi has allegedly suffered a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding, his older brother, Dargham, told the BBC....
...Mr Zaidi threw his shoes at Mr Bush at a news conference, calling him "a dog".
....A spokesperson for the Iraqi military says the journalist is in good health and said the allegations were untrue.
If the allegations are true it is distressing and is quite an indication of the way "democracy" and "human rights" have been brought to Iraq.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Shoe thrower 'beaten in custody'
Muntadar al-Zaidi has allegedly suffered a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding, his older brother, Dargham, told the BBC....
...Mr Zaidi threw his shoes at Mr Bush at a news conference, calling him "a dog".
....A spokesperson for the Iraqi military says the journalist is in good health and said the allegations were untrue.
If the allegations are true it is distressing and is quite an indication of the way "democracy" and "human rights" have been brought to Iraq.
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