The Iraqi journalist jailed after hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush, will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behaviour.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s act during Bush’s last visit to Iraq as President turned the 30-year-old reporter into a folk hero across the Arab world, amid growing anger at the 2003 invasion. He did not use a weapon nor did he try to kill Mr Bush still he was sent to prison. He should get a ... Read More
Posted By phw On Sunday, August 30th 2009 In General, News, World | Tags: Afghanistan, america, behaviour, bus, bush, eid, geo, honour, house, IPL, iraq, ISI, journalist, life, media, News, NIH, Pakistan, Pakistani, pakistanihousewife, president, shoe, shoes, sin, STR, US, US in pakistan, victim, war, WHO, wife |
The Iraqi journalist jailed after hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush, will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behaviour.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s act during Bush’s last visit to Iraq as President turned the 30-year-old reporter into a folk hero across the Arab world, amid growing anger at the 2003 invasion. He did not use a weapon nor did he try to kill Mr Bush still he was sent to prison. He should get a ... Read More
Posted By phw On Friday, April 10th 2009 In News, Pakistan | Tags: Afghanistan, honour, joint strikes, masooda bano, Pakistan US, Pashtoon culture, real jihadis, taliban |
Has America gone mad?
Dissenting note
Friday, April 10, 2009
What an idea: joint US-Pakistan military operations in the tribal belt. If the "war on terror" policies pursued in Pakistan under the Bush administration have not already succeeded in making a complete mess of Pakistan, it seems that the action plan being evolved by the Obama administration will. The idea that joint operations in the tribal areas can help eliminate militancy in the tribal belt represents such a flight of imagination that ... Read More
