And Bremer supposedly tells a tasteless joke to boot.
From Grand Rapids' Media Mouse...
The protestors had a series of demands with the main demand being an immediate end to the occupation of Iraq. The protestors cited the enormous civilian cost--nearly 14,000 Iraqis killed, the violation of international law and fundamental human rights, and Bremer's restructuring of the Iraqi economy to benefit US corporations as their reasons for protesting. More information and the specific demands can be found on a leaflet distributed by the protestors.
Media coverage of the event was very limited as Bremer refused to allow any press to be present at the event. FOX 17 was the only local TV station that covered the protest and they incorrectly reported that only three people had been arrested. The Grand Rapids Press had an article about Bremer's speech but they also mistakenly reported that only three arrests had taken place. According to people that attended the dinner to hear the speech, Bremer repeated the standard Bush administration lies justifying the Iraq war.
Reportedly, he started his speech with a rather poor taste joke about an American, a British man, and an Iraqi being taken hostage by insurgents who argue about which to kill first. The punch line is that the American says he is an ambassador so the Iraqi and British man agrees to be killed first so as to be spared hearing the American give a speech. The majority of the crowd laughed at this rather pathetic attempt at humor making light of kidnappings and executions.
Here's a related story about Bremer's refusal to admit press to the event.