lectured by "a bedouin on a camel" (in ref. to Saudia Arabia) hoo boy!

[donsu]

Iraqi minister lashes out at Saudi Arabia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051002/wl_mideast_afp/iraqsaudiiran



Iraq's interior minister delivered a scathing attack on neighbouring Saudi Arabia, saying his country would not be lectured by "a bedouin on a camel" about human rights and democracy.

"We do not accept a bedouin on a camel teaching us about human rights and democracy. In Iraq, we are proud of our civilisation," Bayan Baqer Sulagh told a press conference in Amman after talks on boosting border security.

The Shiite minister said the oil-rich Sunni-ruled kingdom had several problems of its own to take care of.

"Saudis should first allow women to drive, as is the case in Iraq," he said Sunday, adding that "four million Shiites live like second-class citizens in the Saudi kingdom."
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more power to Bayan Baqer Sulagh

[Oreo]

1. But they'll take it from a fake cowboy who's afraid of horses?

[Vincardog]

2. He is not afraid of all horses. He likes to milk studs.

[enigma000]

3. I like this guy

About time the Iraqis took their neighbours to task. They should make him foreign minister. I'd love to see him at a summit of the Arab League.

[MN ChimpH8R]

4. Minister Sulagh has a pretty good point

After all, there was civilization in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) four thousand years ago - when the denizens of the Arabian peninsula were bashing each other on the head with rocks and bu**ering those camels.

I doubt this went down well with CondImelda and ChimpCo. We can't be saying nasty things about the medieval Saudis now, can we?

[madrchsod]

5. sounds like a line from " larry of arabia"

a "bedouin on a camel" sounds a little tribal to me....