[Peace-discuss] Shoe-thrower is "Americanized"...

[Stuart Levy]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 03:17:20AM -0600, John W. wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 6:19 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> 
> ...and the President of the U.S. "assaulted" Iraq, leaving more than a
> > million dead. Are you justifying the beating of Zaidi?  --CGE
> 
> 
> Only in the sense that he had to know it was going to happen.  I hope he
> feels that his expression of anger was worth the price.

Yes.  Knowing that it was going to happen, since violence is legitimate
only when it goes from a more- to a less-powerful entity.

NPR's bizarre first reaction was, Isn't this a great sign of how
much more freely people can speak in Iraq now that the US is there!
Will they report this guy's imprisonment and beating as part of our
encouragement of free speech too?

It's notable how many news outlets quote this journalist calling Bush a dog,
and how many fewer include his second line, "This is from the widows, the orphans
and those who were killed in Iraq".

 [...]
 
> >  On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu<mailto:
> >> galliher at uiuc.edu>> wrote:
> >>
> >>    ...i.e., it's being rumored not surprisingly that US goons or their
> >>    Iraqi creatures beat the shit out of the guy (in US custody) who
> >>    threw his shoes at Bush. --CGE
> >>
> >>
> >> Glad you're not surprised.   Harmless as the outcome turned out to be, the
> >> Iraqi journalist assaulted the President of the U.S.  As I watched the news
> >> clip of the incident, I found myself wondering where the Secret Service guys
> >> were.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    ============
> >>
> >>    Roads to Iraq
> >>    Dec 16, 2008
> >>
> >>    Urgent, just reported: Al-Zaidi in U.S. run Camp Cropper prison
> >>
> >>    Iraqi TV al-Sharqiya just reported on the news that AL-Zaidi is
> >>    transferred to Camp Cropper prison [the Airport prison, managed by
> >>    the American forces].
> >>
> >>    The TV Channel announced that Al-Zaidi is in a difficult condition,
> >>    with broken ribs and signs of tortures on his thighs. Also he can
> >>    not move his right arm.
> >>
> >>    P.S.
> >>
> >>    I am just telling you what I heard on TV.
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2008/12/16/urgent-just-reported-al-zaidi-in-us-run-camp-cropper-prison/
> >>
> >

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