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| German knifes American in Cebu bar fight over Iraq |
| 2003-02-03 |
| American, German in brawl over Iraq in Cebu Posted: 10:46 AM (Manila Time) | Feb. 03, 2003 Agence France-Presse CEBU - An American tourist was knifed and wounded by a German man in the central Philippines in a bar brawl over the raging issue of Iraq, police said Monday. Police detained Frank Oesterle after he stabbed American John Flynn with a Swiss knife on Friday, Superintendent Maximo Calimlim, the provincial police chief in Cebu City said. German and American fight over Iraq in a P.I. bar and one stabs the other with a Swiss army knife - I posted in International just cuz it was so confusing ;-) The 41 year-old American is confined at a Cebu hospital with multiple stab wounds, but his life is not thought to be in danger. Calimlim said Flynn and Oesterle, a 37 year-old economist from Munich, met at a bar in the beach resort of Moalboal near here and started arguing their countries' respective positions over UN Security Council resolutions on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Oesterle, interviewed by a local radio station inside his jail cell, said he had told the American that he was against a threatened US-led attack on Baghdad because "many people will die if the US makes good its threat." He said he regretted what happened, admitting both men were drunk when they started the argument. Oesterle said a fistfight followed. The last thing he remembered was he was down on the floor with Flynn sitting on top of him. "When you're on a holiday, you better speak about nice food, beautiful women and white beaches," said the German, who said he would ask the American to forgive him. He would also urge police not to press charges. Riggghhhhttt |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #4 It really must have been a slow news day for the wires to pick up a fight in a beer joint in the PI... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-02-03 21:12:31 |
| #3 So the German stabs the American (which means he's armed) and then ends up with the wounded American guy sitting on his chest. Do I have this right? No wonder those weenies don't want to fight. Geeeeze! |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-02-03 15:35:37 |
| #2 "The 41 year-old American is confined at a Cebu hospital with multiple stab wounds, but his life is not thought to be in danger. " Yeah, that's the problem with stickin' somebody with your boy-scout folder - they tend to keep screamin' so you keep stabbin' - pretty soon you're one o' them "23-stab wound" killers. Ugly. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-02-03 10:22:50 |
| #1 How many of Flynn's wounds were in the back? |
| Posted by: Don 2003-02-03 09:23:04 |