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06/27/2003 Archived Entry: "The Man With No Ear"

AT LEAST HE ADMITTED HIS BIAS: In today's (Friday) New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof admits that he tried to find Iraqis who has been tortured by Saddam Hussein's regime yet still wanted the Americans out of Iraq. He got a difference response.

So I began asking for people with missing tongues or ears. I got a tip about a man in Basra who had had his tongue amputated for criticizing Saddam. He had moved away, but I found a friend of his, Abdel Karim Hassan.

"A thousand thanks to Bush!" he told me. "A thousand thanks to Bush's mother for giving birth to him!"

Hmmm. I hadn't expected a tribute to the Mother of all Bushes.

Then I heard about Mathem Abid Ali and tracked him down in the southern city of Nasiriya. I've posted a photo of him on nytimes.com.kristofresponds (parental guidance is suggested). Mr. Abid Ali deserted the Iraqi Army, was caught, taken to a hospital and given general anesthesia — and woke up with no right ear.

"Children looked at me, and turned away in horror," Mr. Abid Ali said bitterly.

So I asked Mr. Abid Ali what he thought of the Americans.

He thought for a moment and said: "I'd like to make a statue in gold of President Bush."

Of course, he still tries to slip some jabs at the White House but it is the NY Times so what can you expect. Howell Raines may be gone but it's still a liberal cesspool.

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