Man Detained After Supporting Bush Shoe-Thrower

The Times of India:

BANGALORE: The `booting' of George W Bush in Baghdad might have thrown up an entirely new terror angle in Bangalore.

A MICO employee, Jameel, who was discussing the incident at his office - and supporting the Iraqi journalist who hurled two shoes at the US President - has landed in custody. The police are questioning Jameel about his suspected terror links.

Jameel's strong support of the hurling of shoes by Muntadar al-Zeid made his colleagues smell a rat. They informed the Adugodi police, who promptly took the 40-year-old into custody for questioning.

Read the whole story: The Times of India

Comments

[simmary]

Within a day of the incident a games firm had produced throwing the Shoe game - very popular I believe!

Palestinians also threw shoes at Bil'in yesterday (Friday) when IDF fired rubber bullets - so it goes.

[Bitsko]

"Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things... stuff happens"

--Donald Rumsfeld

[rasit]

Have you ever been to India? If you have, you would not have made the statement you did.

For the record, India is the LARGEST democracy in the world today...

[Unreadable]

That's a typo. Should have been: It made his colleagues rat and smell.

[cinemabon]

What? This is just Bush exporting more Democracy abroad... you know, free speech, freedom of the press... isn't the world a better place? Coulda fooled me, and George Bush.

[wm1066]

Hmmm, I get the feeling more people will stand up and say "I am Muntadar!"
(aka Spartacus.)

[GhiseldaManifesto]

Be careful. The Thought Police are listening.

[Balzac]

Too bad they don't have civil rights in India. The vast majority of people support Muntadar al-Zaidi.

[Ramirez]

If there were no civil rights in India this story would not have made international news.

[rasit]

Great observation, Ramirez!!

[11907281]

Says the man who lives under the patriot act.

[rasit]

They do have civil rights in India, and they also understand that there is a vast difference between freedom of speech (asking a question of Bush), and resorting to a criminal act (throwing an object at Bush).

[Susej]

Label anyone a terrorist and you may suspend the rule of law. Circumstantial evidence becomes solid proof