December 15, 2008 3:50 PM
Shoe-chucker supposedly hates Iran, loves al-Sadr (???)
Now we get more of a picture of 28-year-old Muntadhar al-Zeidi, today a hero among many other Arabs for chucking his sneakers. A visiting AP writer noted that al-Zeidi's apartment was decked out with a poster of murderer Che Guevara, and chatted with his brother, Dhirgham:
"'He hates the American physical occupation as much as he hates the Iranian moral occupation,' Dhirgham said, alluding to the influence of pro-Iranian Shiite clerics in political and social life. 'As for Iran, he considers the regime to be the other side of the American coin.'
...Al-Zeidi may have also been motivated by what a colleague described as a boastful, showoff personality.
'He tried to raise topics to show that nobody is as smart as he is,' said Zanko Ahmed, a Kurdish journalist who attended a journalism training course with al-Zeidi in Lebanon.
Ahmed recalled that al-Zeidi spoke glowingly of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose followers organized protests Monday to demand his release.
'Regrettably, he didn't learn anything from the course in Lebanon, where we were taught ethics of journalism and how to be detached and neutral,' Ahmed said."
Um, yeah. But let's get this straight: He supposedly hates Iran's influence, but then praises Iran ally al-Sadr. Make that the totally in bed with Iran, chilling with the ayatollahs al-Sadr. Al-Zeidi is clearly a camera-whore supertwit.
December 15, 2008
4:57 PM
abyaneh writes:
check your facts please.
al-Sadr is not an Iran ally.
He is the single most popular Iraqi nationalist which happens to be a Shiite.
You will see how big they will score in the upcoming elections.
December 15, 2008
5:07 PM
Bridget Johnson
writes:
Nah, he just received exile in Tehran to stay safe and cozy during 2007, and was there for several months earlier this year, during which time he refused to meet with a delegation of leading Shiite figures sent by Nouri al-Maliki to present evidence of Iran's support for Iraqi militias. Then there's those Iranian-made projectiles that al-Sadr's militiamen have fired into the Green Zone...
December 15, 2008
7:40 PM
mandingo writes:
FLUFF! Bottom line, Arabs (Mid-East Plantation)fear America's Democracy. They have TV's and they've seen the dose of DEMOCRACY that African Americans have been subjected to for the past 400 years. Terrorist?? Insurgent?? One man's terrorist/insurgent, is another man's PATRIOT.
All of these problems would simply go away, if BHO would show some "stones". BHO should announce to the world that he intends to prosecute (execute)GWB, Blair, Lott, Delay, Boehner, and lard-a$$es Cheney-Hastert for their Iraq-NAM war crimes. These Nazis have vaporized, exterminated, and BBQ'ed more than 500K+ innocent Irais and their babies, just for GOP grins, oil pilfering, and Judeo-Christian (gutter religions and barbarians).
December 16, 2008
7:38 AM
agzela writes:
Mandingo, no doubt! my brother,,, what makes you think the "other side" is any better! Dont drink the Kool-Aid all of them are the same. As my mom would say they came from the same cookie cutter...
December 16, 2008
8:07 AM
dotmafia writes:
If only Americans had the GUTS to throw their shoes in disgust at their thoroughly corrupt and criminal president. Alas, ultra-patriotism trumps morality.
December 16, 2008
1:22 PM
cboy619 writes:
Another dumb iraqi, showing the world how classes they are. He should go to jail for assualt. If someone did that in the States to anyone (much less the President), they'd go to jail too (not for long of course, but at least a night).
I don't like Bush anymore than anyone else, but he still represents the country. He was elected (for at least one term), and disrespect to him is disrespect to our entire country. While I thought it was funny, I was also offended.
December 16, 2008
4:47 PM
Obama 08 writes:
Mandingo needs some serious meds!
Sounds like he's so anti-American he would have insisted on the death penalty for the entire Executive Branch after WW II for nuking all those poor, innocent Japanese civilians.
December 18, 2008
11:25 AM
The_Shaman_of_Sexy writes:
Maybe the Iraqi people would be less apt to throw articles of clothing at US representitives if we hadnt, you know, detsroyed their country. I dont recall detainees at Burgen-Belsen throwing shoes at US soldiers when we liberated them. Perhaps we didnt "liberate" Iraq so much as occupy it?
December 18, 2008
11:30 AM
SulisKorrigan writes:
Maybe they'd be less apt to throw articles of clothing at US representitives if we hadn't, you know,left their country a smoldering ruin. I don't recall detainees at Burgen Belsen hurling shoes at liberating Allied forces. Perhaps we did not "liberate" Iraq so much as destroy and occupy it.
December 19, 2008
12:26 PM
Hawkeyeted writes:
Perhaps he'd been better off throwing his shoes at Saddam.
December 24, 2008
10:13 AM
Ed Smithe writes:
You're wrong. The reason why Al Sadr was in Iran was to study to be an Ayatollah. The Iranians actually kicked him out of Iran on separate occasions because of his unreliability.
If you'd like to know who's in bed with the Iranians, look no further than our man in Baghdad Mr. Maliki. He fled to Iran during the Iran/Iraq war and has close ties to the Badr Brigades (conceived, developed and trained in Iran). In five years time when we discover weapons being from Iran through Iraq to Syria to Lebanon and then used to attack Israel, my hope is that you'll understand why this situation has been a complete and utter disaster.
For someone who claims to be a conservative, you really need to be a bit more empirical in your research. Not liking Sadr because he's a terrorist is certainly understandable, but to simply lump him in with the Iranians to satisfy your Manichean viewpoint is a disservice to your readers.