Shoe thrower Muntazer al-Zaidi's brother Dhargham says he is too injured to face court

[sabra]

Source: herald sun

THE Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at United States President George W. Bush has appeared before a judge in his jail cell because he is too injured to appear in a courtroom, his brother says.

The allegations came as Iraq's hot-tempered parliament speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, announced his resignation after a parliament session erupted into chaos as lawyers argued about whether the journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi should be freed, Associated Press has reported.

Al- Zaidi's hearing reportedly began at 10am (1800 AEDT) yesterday.

The al-Zaidi family went to Baghdad's Central Criminal Court expecting to attend a hearing, his brother, Dhargham, said.

He said the family was told that the investigative judge went to see al-Zaidi in jail, and to return in eight days, Associated Press has reported.

"That means my brother was severely beaten and they fear that his appearance could trigger anger at the court,'' Dhargham said.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24817302...

[izquierdista]

1. I wonder about the guys who beat him

Can we buy life insurance on them?

[KittyWampus]

2. this is why I didn't laugh once about this incident or make one joke about it.

[sabra]

3. indeed - when I saw some of the MSM refer to it as a "shoe-cide" attack I found it quite disgusting

[mrreowwr_kittty]

5. Me neither.

When I first saw the footage of the incident my immediate thought was "Oh my god, that poor man".

[kegler14]

4. Not exactly unexpected from the Iraquis.

[iconicgnom]

6. You seem to know a lot about "the Iraquis".

Aren't they the lucky people that the US gave democracy and freedom to? At such immense cost in blood and treasure on the US's part, too. You have to love the US, it has so much to teach the world about "justice" -- it's really too bad the rest of the world is made up of totally unteachable ingrates, esp. "the Iraquis", and oh yah, maybe those "Afghanies" are even worse.

Such a pity that Bush's "compassionate conservatism" was wasted on them all.

[creeksneakers2]

7. I think the prisoner was in US custody

[Kaleko]

8. That reinforces the message sent to the muslim world: US= Vulture Capitalist Torturers

Spreading democracy... like hell on earth.