Regular readers will recall a post here criticising Christophers continuing adulation of what he calls "Our Kurdish Comrades"
One of the examples I used was the story of Dr. Kamal Qadir an journalist sentenced to 30 years for "defaming Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani"
Many were the replies I received dissing the story, I was told I was making it up, that he had been released and even that Masoud Barzani had personally intervened to revoke the law.
So, on behalf of this humble blog, let me aplogise. My accusers were correct to assert that Dr Quadir is not serving 30 years, indeed the idea that you get 30 years in jail for disagreeing with the glorious leader of half of Kurdistan is left-wing propaganda of the most vile kind.
I await Christopher's strident call for a demonstration outside the Iraqi embassy in Washington to defend free speech. Meawhile Amnesty International have an appeal here
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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