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Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist Seeks Asylum in Switzerland
FOX/AP ^
| January 19, 2009
Posted on 01/19/2009 4:21:25 AM PST by nuconvert
GENEVA — A Swiss lawyer working on behalf of the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush says his client will seek political asylum in Switzerland.
Geneva-based lawyer Mauro Poggia says Muntadhar al-Zeidi's life is in danger in Iraq.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alzeidi; bush; iraq; shoethrower
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posted on
01/19/2009 4:21:26 AM PST
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
I was thinking about taking a trip to Switzerland. I'll pack plenty of shoes.
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posted on
01/19/2009 4:26:21 AM PST
by
tobyhill
(Obama gets no free pass from Free Republic!)
To: nuconvert
Why should his life be in danger in Iraq?
I thought he was universally hailed as a hero for daring to stand up to the evil Bush? /s
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posted on
01/19/2009 4:28:09 AM PST
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(I would compare Harry Reid to a horse's rear, only I don't want to insult horses.)
To: nuconvert
Another muslim on welfare in Europe.
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posted on
01/19/2009 4:29:19 AM PST
by
Leisler
(It is always said it is for the children. (Not your children..others...somewhere)
To: nuconvert
Why not ask the NY Slimes for a room in their building. They seem to have more empty space these days and made this guy a hero too. Seems a perfect fit to me.
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posted on
01/19/2009 4:36:07 AM PST
by
Bulldawg Fan
(Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
To: nuconvert
I’m surprised he’s not heading to Dearborn or Detroit...
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posted on
01/19/2009 4:43:40 AM PST
by
Made In The USA
(Liberalism is a sign of stupidity.)
To: nuconvert
Just what Switzerland needs, another Saddam loving Muslim.
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posted on
01/19/2009 4:54:30 AM PST
by
demshateGod
(the GOP is dead to me)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
My thoughts exactly. It would seem that some Iraqis have taken issue with his behavior—sufficiently so that he feels he must seek asylum in Switzerland.
Could it be that the media lied to us once again about this man being hailed universally as an Iraqi here? Even if the MSM report this story, bobblehead brain dead demrat voters will never discern the dichotomy from the original stories.
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posted on
01/19/2009 4:54:35 AM PST
by
dools007
To: nuconvert
I think he should be “shoe’d” to death.
LLS
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posted on
01/19/2009 5:14:23 AM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussein will NEVER be my president... NEVER!)
This guy just hit the jackpot!
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posted on
01/19/2009 5:22:56 AM PST
by
villagerjoel
("Gun control is a prerequisite for genocide." - Unknown)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The article mentions that there is concern that he will be made into a martyr for the islamic hoard to worship. Sounds like becoming a martyr is like being the bait on a fishing trip ... however it comes out, it never works out well for the bait.
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posted on
01/19/2009 5:38:41 AM PST
by
ByteMercenary
(9-11: supported everywhere by followers of the the cult of islam.)
To: nuconvert
So the coward is afraid. He thought he was so brave throwing a shoe at the head of our President, who was defenseless at the moment.
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posted on
01/19/2009 5:57:14 AM PST
by
Carley
(Remember when we had a real President)
To: nuconvert
Is he getting job at Bally as a product tester?
To: nuconvert
You commit a criminal act and now you seek asylum somewhere else?
Of course to be free to commit another criminal act.
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posted on
01/19/2009 6:51:11 AM PST
by
sausageseller
(http://coolblue.typepad.com/the_cool_blue_blog/)
To: nuconvert
No doubt this fool is a future recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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posted on
01/19/2009 7:24:29 AM PST
by
fleagle
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
To: nuconvert
Why not the US? He should be able to land a job as a journalist.
He'd be a shoe-in.
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