Aljazeera has come to appreciate the irony, as well as the tragedy, in Bushspeak. In this account of the Gitmo/Holy Quran protests in Afghanistan, Aljazeera first lets Karzai flail around with the facts. After a well-timed pause,
Aljazeera slips in with the not so subtle snark at the end.
The only thing missing is a rimshot.
Afghans killed in anti-US protest
Afghan security forces have been overwhelmed by violent protests over a report that US interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrated the Quran, President Hamid Karzai says.
Four Afghan protesters were killed and about 50 wounded, a health official said, as thousands took to the streets in the eastern city of Jalalabad in reaction to a report in Newsweek magazine of the alleged desecration at the US base in Cuba, where 500 prisoners captured in Afghanistan are held.
A witness said more than 5000 took part in protests in the city, once a stronghold of the former ruling Taliban government, 130km east of the capital Kabul.
Below the jump, Karzai bushspeaks, Aljazeera snarks
Protesters set fire to a governor's office after police fired to break up a rowdy crowd. Diplomatic missions and UN buildings were also attacked.
Demonstrators on Tuesday carried banners denouncing the United States and Karzai. But the US-backed leader said the protest did not show that he had underestimated hostility towards the United States and its troops in the country.
"It is not anti-US sentiment. It is a protest. It is a manifestation of democracy"
According to witnesses, police fired their weapons as the crowd rampaged through the centre of the city chanting slogans including "Death to America" and burning effigies of US President George Bush."
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In a related story, White House Press Secretary Scotty McClellan has announced that the US Postal Service will be issuing a new $1.00 International postage stamp, intended to be used for United States mail destined for our new Muslim friends in the Middle East nations we have liberated. The stamp shows President Bush pointing to the exposed bottoms of his boots. "President Bush expects this to be a collector's item in Afghanistan," gushed Scotty.
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Heave yuuu a license for this minkey? --Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, "The Return of the Pink Panther"