Minnesota Independent » al-Zaidi http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 BBC/Arab media: Iraqi shoe-thrower is being tortured http://minnesotaindependent.com/20326/is-the-iraqi-shoe-thrower-being-tortured http://minnesotaindependent.com/20326/is-the-iraqi-shoe-thrower-being-tortured#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:52:35 +0000 Paul Schmelzer http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=20326 While we’ve had fun looking at the social-media mashups spun off of the Bush/shoe-throwing incident, here’s a sobering issue: The BBC reports that the man, Muntadar al-Zaidi (pictured in a BBC photo), has…]]> While we’ve had fun looking at the social-media mashups spun off of the Bush/shoe-throwing incident, here’s a sobering issue: The BBC reports that the man, Muntadar al-Zaidi (pictured in a BBC photo), has been beaten while in Iraqi custody. His brother told the British news agency that al-Zaidi allegedly “suffered a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding.” And Arab media is airing similar reports: Raed in the Middle reports that the station where al-Zaidi worked says his hand was broken, and the blog “Roads to Iraq” relays a report from al-Sharqiya TV that the man has “broken ribs and signs of tortures on his thighs.”

Both George W. Bush and Condoleeza Rice have commented that the incident with al-Zaidi is represents progress — a “sign of freedom that people feel,” as Bush said — in Iraq. No word yet on how and if the U.S. will look into the allegations.

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