joanc1963
05-12-2006, 06:22 AM
Mobile phone tune triggers Iraqi parliament punch-up...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4761281.stm
"A bodyguard of an Iraqi Shia MP has been hit by security staff of the Iraqi parliament's Sunni speaker in a row sparked by a mobile phone."
"MP Ghofran al-Saadi said her bodyguard was attacked when the phone played a well-known Shia religious tune while the speaker was being filmed"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :no: :confused:
The speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, later stormed out of the assembly when Ms Saadi demanded an apology."
("Mr. Mashhadani was considered a compromise candidate by the Sunnis,(for the position of the Speaker) who had wanted to put forward Mr. Hashemi. But the Shiites considered Mr. Hashemi too sectarian and he bowed out of the running several days ago." http://www.mohr-krg.org/articles/article_detail.asp?RubricNr=153&ArticleNr=8667)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4761281.stm
"A bodyguard of an Iraqi Shia MP has been hit by security staff of the Iraqi parliament's Sunni speaker in a row sparked by a mobile phone."
"MP Ghofran al-Saadi said her bodyguard was attacked when the phone played a well-known Shia religious tune while the speaker was being filmed"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :no: :confused:
The speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, later stormed out of the assembly when Ms Saadi demanded an apology."
("Mr. Mashhadani was considered a compromise candidate by the Sunnis,(for the position of the Speaker) who had wanted to put forward Mr. Hashemi. But the Shiites considered Mr. Hashemi too sectarian and he bowed out of the running several days ago." http://www.mohr-krg.org/articles/article_detail.asp?RubricNr=153&ArticleNr=8667)