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An Iraqi journalist arrested after throwing his shoes at George Bush, the US president, has reportedly sent a letter to the Iraqi prime minister to apologise for the incident and seek a pardon.
Yeah , much as I think the shoe thrower is getting what he deserves , there is little doubt he got the (ahem) beaten out of him , and any letter written by him ranks right down there with a signed confession by someone covered in bruises with the caste on his arm and bandage on his head and everything. Obviously it was coerced and should be ignored.
And just as obviously any western nation would have at most picked him up on some flimsy charge for a few days until the president left and then released him , but now I'm reading in this article somethign about a possible 15 year sentence.
Gimme a break. He threw some shoes, not a grenade.
I think Iraq has a way to go yet before democracy takes hold there.
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