American Media Censors Muntader al-Zaidi Statement About Acting for those Killed

by Hymie Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008 at 5:58 AM

Google News Shows One Hit for his statement

When Muntader al-Zaidi threw his shoes at Bush, he reportedly said,"This is from the widows, the orphans and those killed in Iraq."

http://washingtonindependent.com/22118/yeah-thats-right-so-what

Al-Zaidi was acing on a matter of principle and quite correctly connected Bush to the hundreds of thousands of needless deaths in Iraq.

I heard the statement reported on Amy Goodman and Pacifica.

I also heard the statement vaguely described, but not as a quote on the scene, on mainstream radio.

As of 9:39 p.m. P.S.T.m Monday , December 15, 2008, a search on Google News for his statement gets "Results 1 - 1 of 1 for This-is-from-the-widows-the-orphans-and-those-killed-in-Iraq. (0.07 seconds)"

Apparently the Arabic press got the quote right, as millions of people in the Middle East have risen up in his defense and called for his release.

However, in the land of the free, the written press censors any statement of connection between Bush and the reality of what he has done in Iraq.

Original: American Media Censors Muntader al-Zaidi Statement About Acting for those Killed