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| Iraqi press syndicate appeals to Talabani, Maliki to release Zaydi |
| 2009-03-13 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi journalists' syndicate on Thursday appealed to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to release al-Baghdadia channel correspondent Muntadhar al-Zaydi, who was sentenced to three years in jail for throwing his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush. "While the syndicate respects the Iraqi judiciary's decision and impartiality, it appeals for President Talabani and Prime Minister Maliki to show a fatherly mercy to colleague Zaydi," read a syndicate release received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Talabani and Maliki "are known for sublime and noble stands marked by pardon and tolerance. Hence, the syndicate hopes the president and prime minister should reconsider the imprisonment term and release Zaydi," the syndicate added. "The Iraqi press syndicate wishes to see Iraqi prisons clear of any Iraqi journalists just like the case after the year 2003," it noted. Iraq's courts, earlier on Thursday (March 12), has sentenced Zaydi to a three-year imprisonment term for throwing his shoes at former U.S. President Bush in a press conference during his last visit to Iraq on December 12, 2008. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 While the syndicate respects the Iraqi judiciary's decision and impartiality, it appeals for President Talabani and Prime Minister Maliki to show a fatherly mercy to colleague Zaydi," read a syndicate release received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Talabani and Maliki "are known for sublime and noble stands marked by pardon and tolerance. Hence, the syndicate hopes the president and prime minister should reconsider the imprisonment term and release Zaydi," the syndicate added. C'mon, boys and girls. Nobody likes a suckup. Especially one so blatant... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-03-13 16:02 |
| #3 And here I thought they were doing something substantial like complaining about Kurdish regional anti-free-speech thuggery. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-03-13 15:59 |
| #2 From what I'm reading they sure do lard up their begging. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-03-13 02:05 |
| #1 If anything, this alleged man is getting off easy. Politics aside, he disrespected a foreign head of state, and dishonored and insulted his own nation. I do hope the President and PM can see past the ludicrously transparent sycophantic pleading of these journalists and hold fast to their nation's laws. |
| Posted by: Noocyte 2009-03-13 00:45 |