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[7 - No tomorrow]

they couldn't even wheel him out in court today because they were frightened that the state of him would cause riots.
Apparently he's been absolutely battered and tortured to fuck. Broken bones, eye hanging out of his head, internal bleeding, bruised organs.

Says who?

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Says who?

the AP.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jNRHUv3d5re4SrbIqzQ6xGu5aDmgD955OG6G0


Iraqi judge: Shoe-tossing reporter was beaten

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA – 2 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference was beaten afterward and had bruises on his face and around his eyes, a judge said Friday.
Judge Dhia al-Kinani, the magistrate investigating the incident, said the court has opened an investigation into the alleged beating of journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi.
Al-Zeidi was wrestled to the ground after throwing his shoes during the news conference Sunday by Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and there has been conflicting claims on his condition since then. One of his brothers said he was harshly beaten, but another said he seemed to be in good condition.
Al-Zeidi "was beaten in the news conference and we will watch the tape and write an official letter asking for the names of those who assaulted him," the judge told The Associated Press. "Al-Zeidi has the right to drop this case."
The journalist was in custody and was expected to eventually face charges of insulting a foreign leader. A conviction could bring a sentence of two years in prison.
Al-Kinani also confirmed that the journalist had written a letter of apology to al-Maliki. Iraq's president can grant pardons that are requested by the prime minister, but the judge said such a pardon can be issued only after a conviction.
He added that he could not drop the case even though neither Bush nor al-Maliki had complained. "This case was filed because of an article in the law concerning the protection of the respect of sovereignity," he said.
A spokesman for al-Maliki said Thursday that the letter contained a specific pardon request. But al-Zeidi's brother Dhargham told The AP that he suspected the letter was a forgery.
The incident, a vivid demonstration of Iraqis' dismay over the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of the country for more than five years, turned al-Zeidi into an instant folk hero. Thousands of Iraqis have demonstrated for his release.
The judge said the investigation would be completed and sent to the criminal court on Sunday, after which a court date would be set within seven to 10 days.
Al-Zeidi's action was broadcast repeatedly on television stations around the world. U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack suggested that worldwide attention to the shoe-tossing was overblown.
"We would hope that the fact of a U.S. president standing next to a freely elected prime minister of Iraq who just happens to be Shia, who is governing in a multi-confessional, multiethnic democracy in the heart of the Middle East, is not overshadowed by one incident like this," McCormack told reporters in Washington.
McCormack said he believed that in the coming years "the fact of the president making that visit under those circumstances will probably overshadow any memory of this particular gentleman and what he did."
In the Iranian capital Tehran, hard-line Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati praised the act at Friday prayers, calling it the "Shoe Intifadha."
Jannati proposed people in Iraq and Iran should carry shoes in further anti-American demonstrations. "This should be a role model," said Jannati.
Also Friday, the head of a large West Bank family said it is willing to offer one of its eligible females as a bride for al-Zeidi. The leader, 75-year-old Ahmad Salim Judeh, said that the 500-member clan had raised $30,000 for al-Zeidi's legal defense.
(This version CORRECTS that court is opening an investigation instead of filing case in beating)

 

[Carlow Punks!]

Apparently he's been absolutely battered and tortured to fuck. Broken bones, eye hanging out of his head, internal bleeding, bruised organs.

all just because he fucking missed ? that's rough

 

[flashback]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUKLH210690

Rival cobblers claim credit for shoes hurled at Bush



Ah no. I must have been mistaken. He's good as new, because, he's decided to not press charges about his injuries.
He's even seen the error of his ways and apologised to Emperor Bush.
He was probably given some intensive counciling.
I suppose the hearing loss, and the vision problems, and broken bones were simply inherited from his parents at birth.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

McCormack said he believed that in the coming years "the fact of the president making that visit under those circumstances will probably overshadow any memory of this particular gentleman and what he did."

Oddly enough these are almost the exact words Haughey used when he was egged at the opening of the Shannon Bridge in Limerick..

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUKLH210690the hearing loss, and the vision problems, and broken bones

Where are you getting this stuff?
Eyes hanging out of his head and such?

The story there said his face is bruised.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Where are you getting this stuff?
Eyes hanging out of his head and such?

The story there said his face is bruised.

I can't imagine that would have been stupid enough to really really give him a going over, knowing the attention that was going to be paid to the incident.

Allthough if they were stupid enough to even lay a finger on him in the first place..

 

[flashback]

Where are you getting this stuff?
Eyes hanging out of his head and such?

The story there said his face is bruised.

the eyes hanging out of his head may be wrong.
I have have heard from a few places that he has hearing loss in one ear, damaged vision in one eye, and broken bones.

And they are not showing him to the public. The judge says he was a bit banged around but fine really, but very few people can see him it seems.
Why is he in hospital though? In Iraq, I would imagine going to hospital at the moment is for the people who really need it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/17/george-bush-shoe-throw

The family went to Baghdad's central criminal court expecting a hearing, Dhargham said, but were told the investigative judge had been to the prison and they should return in eight days. "That means my brother was severely beaten and they fear that his appearance could trigger anger at the court," he said.

According to Dargham, his brother suffered a broken arm and ribs, as well as injuries to an eye and a leg after being beaten by security officials, and was treated at the Ibn Sina hospital, in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

 

[robitusson]

If he does time, I'd imagine the inmates will be cheering him like a hero on arrival.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

the eyes hanging out of his head may be wrong.
I have have heard from a few places that he has hearing loss in one ear, damaged vision in one eye, and broken bones.

And they are not showing him to the public. The judge says he was a bit banged around but fine really, but very few people can see him it seems.
Why is he in hospital though? In Iraq, I would imagine going to hospital at the moment is for the people who really need it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/17/george-bush-shoe-throw

Seems like just his brother is claiming it.
Hardly an impartial source.

I'm honestly surprised he wasn't shot.

 

[pete]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Muntadar-al-Zaidi-The-Shoe-Thrower/39074759868?ref=nf

Personal Information: I like shoes, and throwing them. I hate President Bush! I do, however, like throwing shoes at him.
Personal Interests: Shoes

 

[Umfufu]

He got sentenced to 3 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7938947.stm

 

[Squiggle]

He got sentenced to 3 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7938947.stm

That's fucked up. He should have been given a medal, at the very least.

 

[nooleen]

or a free course of shoe-throwing lessons