Ban looked frightened, casting his eyes right and left as he rose after ducking below the podium where he was standing and answering questions.
LMAO
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| Rocket Attack on Moon Misses Maliki |
| 2007-03-22 |
| U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was unharmed as he ducked behind the podium after a rocket landed near the prime minister's office Thursday while the two men were holding a news conference. Security officials for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said it was a rocket attack. Small chips of debris floated down from the ceiling above the U.N. chief after the explosion rattled the building. Ban looked frightened, casting his eyes right and left as he rose after ducking below the podium where he was standing and answering questions. Al-Maliki said "Nothing's wrong," as one of his security men started to grab the prime minister, and both men resumed their news conference within minutes. They ended the question and answer session shortly thereafter. The sound of a weapon being fired _ which sounded like a rocket launch _ could be heard not far from the AP office, which is across the Tigris River east of the Green Zone. The last time a U.N. secretary-general was in Baghdad was in November 2005, when Ban's predecessor, Kofi Annan, visited the capital. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 Iraqi television showed Mr Ban and Mr Maliki seated at a desk, as a reporter asked a question. Suddenly there was a bang, at which moment the camera shook and juddered to the left. Mr Ban flinched and momentarily half-ducked behind the table before recovering his composure. Mr Maliki did not react. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-03-22 18:59 |
| #5 Shoot for the Moon! ... Oh, where were we? Let's all hope that, due to this, a top down concern for terrorism manifests at the UN. America couldn't hope for better advertising with respect to its cause. I doubt Moon will be so ready to blame US interests for driving Islamic terror. Not after a lifetime of growing up in the shadow of North Korea's incipient threat. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-22 14:05 |
| #4 Ban looked frightened, casting his eyes right and left as he rose after ducking below the podium where he was standing and answering questions. LMAO |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-22 13:38 |
| #3 "How to Win Friends and Influence People by Trying to Blow Them to Bits" I sure hope Ban Ki Moon gets in a nice long chat with DinnerJacket when he comes to NYC... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-03-22 13:00 |
| #2 Maliki's on the moon??? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-03-22 12:34 |
| #1 Hmmm. I'ma surprised that the nitwits can still touch off a rocket at the IZ, given the situation in town - esp. during the day. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-03-22 12:19 |