Shoe throwing journalist free again
Sep0
The man sent to prison for throwing a shoe at ex US President George W. Bush has been released from prison after spending 9 months locked up for his protest.
Muntadar al-Zaidi has become something of a hero in both the Middle East and on the internet for his tirade against Bush on his final visit to the Middle East before he left office. Even though he was punished for the outburst, many agree with what he said at the time and love the fact that he had the courage to stand up for what he believed.
The Cairo-based journalist had been held captive before, both by terrorist groups and the US armed forces, and decided to register his, and many others, discontent while Bush gave a press conference.
Shouting: “This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq”, he almost hit the then-current US President with his shoe. This has spawned numerous internet games and videos, a notoriety which is sure to go on for some time.
Originally sentenced to 3 years in prison, later commuted to 12 months, he has been released 3 months early due to good behaviour.
I Am The Law!!!
Aug0
It has been reported that an Iraqi army captain has been helped by government body guards to rob one of the largest banks in Baghdad. The robbery which was one of the biggest in Baghdad history left 8 people dead as the thiefs made of with millions of dollars.
The money has been recovered after being found withing a government compound and two people have been arrested, one person is still on the run. The find was made after the police were tipped of that the money was there and that the bodyguards were involved. when they got there they found a hall of around £4M.
The robbery took place just after the bank received the money pointing to corruption between security services in Iraq. no doors or windows were broken in the robbery and the robbers got through 4 heavily secured doors. They then blew up the vault with dynamite.
all this comes not long after the atni corruption agency claimed that the police and the army are amongst the most corrupt organisations in Iraq