Muntazer to Ziadi , the journalist who launched his shoe to Bush while saying "this is a farewell kiss the Iraqi people, dog," he was tortured and imprisoned after their protest action.
During the trial, according to journalist Ramzy Baroud , said: "While he [Bush] spoke, I revisited his accomplishments in my mind. Over a million killed, destruction and humiliation of the mosques, violations against Iraqi women , attacks against Iraqis every day and every hour. A whole nation is saddened for its policy, and he was talking with a smile on your face - and joking with the Prime Minister and said that he would go to dinner with him after the press conference "... " so I reacted to this feeling pulling my shoes. I could not stop the reaction within me ... was spontaneous ". Muntazer released from prison on 15 September last year.
During the trial, according to journalist Ramzy Baroud , said: "While he [Bush] spoke, I revisited his accomplishments in my mind. Over a million killed, destruction and humiliation of the mosques, violations against Iraqi women , attacks against Iraqis every day and every hour. A whole nation is saddened for its policy, and he was talking with a smile on your face - and joking with the Prime Minister and said that he would go to dinner with him after the press conference "... " so I reacted to this feeling pulling my shoes. I could not stop the reaction within me ... was spontaneous ". Muntazer released from prison on 15 September last year.
" When I decided to throw a shoe at Bush was a natural reaction to the murder of 1 million people my people, the horfandad 5 million children, the widow of 1 million women, tens of thousands of disabled people, tens of thousands of prisoners in American jails in Iraq, and daily scandals caused by the occupying forces rape, Abu Ghraib prison, bringing down roofs in the minds of the people with helicopters Apache, and F-16. Despite this, Bush was saying that the Iraqis were happy, and that the Americans liberated the Iraqis and the Iraqis were welcoming the Americans with flowers. I wanted to create a historical event that will teach a lesson to Bush on Iraq, saying "you lied, we have not received flowers and, on the contrary, we're saying goodbye with flowers." It was a difficult decision because I expected to be killed at the time to throw shoes at Bush, because we had heard rumors of the president's security and the precautions taken by the CIA, all who were protecting the president were armed and distributed on the hall, which was visible to me. However, some of my dignity was in my hands, a choice between death and the return of some of my dignity. And tell the world that Iraqis oppose the presence of Bush and his army in Iraq and the Iraqis did not give Bush welcomed with flowers, or the army with flowers, that Iraqis are killed every day by American bullets occupants or those bullets Americans allied militias, or members of one or another way to America or groups that support America. "
Terrible torture:
Terrible torture:
All I feel is to say that did for his country. I think we should feel the death of innocents in a country such as those occurring elsewhere in the world. What makes us different? Our country is the world.
And in the latter part of the interview can be seen as Muntazer, the "sectarianism" began with the invasion of U.S. proceeded to distribute the seats in the following way: "12 for the Shiites, Sunnis and 6 to 4 for the Kurds. The rest was collected as the opposition, including the Communist Party. The secretary of the PC is Shia and Americans included it in the body of government and Shiite. When we, the observers, asking "But are not you a communist? How did you like Shia? Replied, "I told the Americans as one of the 6 Shia. And, on the contrary, the Americans rounded up the Muslim religious radicals under the same umbrella. Well, then who should provide this type of governance structure? Are the Americans or the Iraqis? Before Americans disbanded the Iraqi army, including Sunnis, Shiites, know, etc.. After dissolving the army closed its eyes to the creation of militias in every game. It could be that if there was still an Iraqi army, an army loyal mixed 87-year history, would we be in the same situation of sectarian division? This was the worst mistake they could make. The Americans say it was a mistake but it was a mistake that Iraq planned to continue in a spiral of instability. "
is clear that the U.S. strategy to invade countries to sow ethnic separation but the armies are at the moment, whether national, imperial, ethnic, nationalist, always end up massacring the population and interests of people sitting in government offices. Always end up following orders cruel, not daring to oppose them. Discipline and hierarchy, they call it.
