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Mon Dec-15-08 07:57 AM
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Saddam Lawyer to Defend Bush Shoe Attacker |
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Source: Capital News
AMMAN, Dec 15 - Saddam Hussein's former lawyer said on Monday that he was forming a team to defend the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George W. Bush during his farewell visit to Baghdad.
"So far around 200 Iraqi and other lawyers, including Americans, have expressed willingness to defend the journalist for free," the Amman-based Khalil al-Dulaimi told AFP.
"I took the decision on Sunday night to defend the man after the incident. I am currently contacting Arab bar associations to form a defence committee."
Television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi jumped up as Bush was holding a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday, shouted "It is the farewell kiss, you dog" and threw two shoes at the US leader.
Both missed after Bush ducked, but Zaidi was wrestled to the ground by security guards and frogmarched from the room.
"It was the least thing for an Iraqi to do to Bush, the tyrant criminal who has killed two million people in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Dulaimi.
"Zaidi should be released immediately."
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Mon Dec-15-08 08:02 AM
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1. He is being interrogated, now. |
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An Iraqi journalist who threw his pair of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad Sunday is being held for interrogation over whether he was paid to interrupt the President's address.
Muntadar al-Zeidi, a reporter of Iraqi TV news channel Al-Baghdadia, was also tested for alcohol and drugs by the Iraqi Prime Minister's guards, media reports said Monday. http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=802275
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Mon Dec-15-08 08:08 AM
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2. It was simple assault..... |
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...just fine the guy $10, give him a medal of honor, and make him president of Iraq. What's the big deal?
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Mon Dec-15-08 08:12 AM
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4. They kicked the shit out of him immediately afterwards. |
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Who knows what charges and punishments they are working up now. He was also 'interrogated' to find out if 'someone put him up to it'.
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Mon Dec-15-08 08:24 AM
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..if they have the poor guy's testicles wired up and dogs chompin at his nuts! Communist fuckin bastards!
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Mon Dec-15-08 08:08 AM
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3. Lot of good he did for Saddam. |
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Mon Dec-15-08 08:13 AM
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5. That was my thought, too. |
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Mon Dec-15-08 08:36 AM
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7. Yeah. Former client gets the necktie party. |
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Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
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