Two female MPs brawl in Afghan parliament

cnn ^ | July 6th, 2011

[george76]

Two female members of the Afghanistan Parliament got into a physical fight Tuesday following a discussion of rocket attacks from Pakistan.

General Nazifa Zaki, a former army general, threw her shoe at fellow MP Hamida Ahmadzai, video from parliament showed.

The video, posted online by TOLOnews.com, shows Zaki leave her seat to head toward Ahmadzai, who throws a water bottle at Zaki when she gets close.

Zaki punches Ahmadzai, and the two begin to tussle.

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What began as a discussion took a turn for the worse when one of the coalitions in parliament, including members who are accused of fraud, wanted to summon President Hamid Karzai about the rocket and artillery attacks from Pakistan.

Ahmadzai called for two of the country's vice presidents to be summoned.

That's when Zaki attacked,

[thefactor]

[Heavyrunner]

Democracy in action! Been more than once I’d have liked to see Paul Ryan punch Harry Reid in the naughty bits!

[blackdog]

For a second there I thought it was a fast food joint counter in da hood.

[blackdog]

Harry Reid sold his manhood long ago. The only thing you would hit when you pound him in the groin would possibly be bags of cash if you caught him leaving work. He’s empty on the way in.

[kathsua]

I seem to recall seeing videos of some type of physical conflict in the Japanese parliament and even in the British parliament. so I guess Afghanistan can now say it has a western style democracy.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Send ‘em some jello.

[blackdog]

Who was it that shot another member of the congress in the 1800’s?

[blackdog]

Can we load some C-130’s with mispaired old American shoes and drop them all over Islamutopia from 40,000 feet?

[gov_bean_ counter]

Dirka dirka.

[Stonewall Jackson]

In 1856, South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner with a heavy walking stick after Sumner insulted one of Brooks' relatives during a speech. Among those in attendance of Sumner's speech was Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas (of Abraham Lincoln debate fame) who stated "this d--n fool is going to get himself shot by some other d--n fool."

[Libloather]

“Someone cover me! No, wait...”

[La Enchiladita]

Hey, if they ripped off each other’s burka, now THAT would be news. Otherwise.....eh.

[ex-snook]

Who is feeding us this BS that women are subjugated and not sent to school?

[Pollster1]

Hamida Ahmadzai on the right is cute(ish), but no thank you on your overall suggestion.

[CharlyFord]

Send Hillary in! She’ll clear the floor!

[Scotsman will be Free]

LOL! Great picture.

[constitutiongirl]

I think you’ll find that many of these types of Afghan women from upper-class political families were living in exile in Europe and the US (since the ‘70’s) where they received standard Western-style educations. They returned home to help ‘fix’ their country.