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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Leb: Debate Erupts into On-Air Fistfight
2011-11-15
[An Nahar] A heated debate between Baath Party leader Fayez Shukur and Mustaqbal
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
Movement official ex-MP Mustafa Alloush erupted into a verbal clash and a fistfight during a live talk show on MTV on Monday.
The amusing vid's at the link, but it won't embed for some reason...
As the two were arguing over the Syrian crisis, Shukur repeatedly asked Alloush to refrain from describing Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Lord of the Baath...
as a "tyrant", "criminal" and "liar".

Alloush, however, insisted that he had the right to speak his mind.

"You are a liar and your master is a liar," Shukur shouted at the rival Mustaqbal official at that point, which prompted Alloush to hit back with "shut your mouth!" and "eat s***."

An infuriated Shukur retaliated with a tirade of obscenities and cursed Alloush's mother.

He then hit Alloush with a pen and a cup of water and carried a chair to assault the rival politician. The show's host, a shocked Walid Abboud, physically intervened at that point and prevented Shukur from reaching Alloush.

The program then went off air before resuming around 10 minutes later, with the two foes returning to their seats and the episode witnessing no further incidents.

Posted by:Fred

#7  Gorb, my personal fave is "nal din chourem bebek"
Which approximates to "f%ck the religion of your fathers moustache."
Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar   2011-11-15 19:21  

#6  Iff I didn't know it was Lebanon, I'd swear it was France.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-11-15 18:45  

#5  actually Shukur shouted that

these Syrians are the biggest hypocrites
Posted by: Creregum Glolump8403   2011-11-15 09:38  

#4  "You are a liar and your master is a liar"

Bravo!
Posted by: Creregum Glolump8403   2011-11-15 09:36  

#3  I haven't watched MTV since they stopped showing videos...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-11-15 09:14  

#2  Given the venue, anything not involving firearms and explosives is Civil, well-reasoned discourse, gorb.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-11-15 04:23  

#1  Civil, well-reasoned discourse. Lebanon style.

An infuriated Shukur retaliated with a tirade of obscenities and cursed Alloush's mother.

Shoulda stuck with the traditional moustache insults.
Posted by: gorb   2011-11-15 00:58  

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