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| U.N. disavows 'concentration camp' remark |
| 2005-07-08 |
| No, it's not what you think... U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has disavowed an independent Human Rights Commission expert's comparison of Gaza conditions with Nazi concentration camps. Switzerland's Le Courrier said Thursday Jan Zeigler (Note: This is not Jan "Give it up. I said 7% bitch." Egeland.) , who reports to the U.N. commission on the right to food, called the Gaza Strip "an immense concentration camp" and compared Israelis to concentration camp guards, while speaking to a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Geneva Tuesday. See, it's not an apology for their BS over Gitmo, no no no, of course not, it's about Gaza, lol! When asked about the report at U.N. World Headquarters in New York Thursday, a spokesman for Annan, Stephane Dujarric, said, "Ziegler's views were his own and not those of the United Nations. "The United Nations believes that any comparison between conditions in Gaza and those of Nazi concentration camps is irresponsible," Dujarric said. "Such a comparison does not reflect the views of the secretary-general." Annan was attending the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. Just as if he was, y'know, like a world leader or something. |
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| #12 "Such a comparison does not reflect the views of the secretary-general." Oh, I'll bet... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-07-08 16:52 |
| #11 What does it take to get fired at the UN? Reporting your superiors probably works. Though it's also likely to get you involved in a serious car accident and/or shoved down an empty elevator shaft. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-08 14:10 |
| #10 White shoes after Labor Day. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-08 11:29 |
| #9 Turban Durbin's moonlighting as a U.N. speechwriter? Who knew? |
| Posted by: BA 2005-07-08 11:24 |
| #8 What does it take to get fired at the UN? Recommend a bad restaurant? Have Kojo indicted? Actually complete a report? Pay your own tabs? Pay your parking tickets? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-07-08 11:22 |
| #7 What does it take to get fired at the UN? I heard that reporting sexual abuse by a un official will get you canned. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-07-08 10:19 |
| #6 What does it take to get fired at the UN? Not taking a bribe and not molesting kids and not molesting interns. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-08 09:17 |
| #5 What does it take to get fired at the UN? Having a shread of honor? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-07-08 08:51 |
| #4 #2 mom What does it take to get fired at the UN? Evidence of a Jewish grandmother will probably work. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-07-08 08:07 |
| #3 "What's it take to get fired at the UN?" Molesting a troop of Girl Scouts in Times Square...at high noon, might do it... especially if there was video, and it was during sweeps week. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2005-07-08 07:56 |
| #2 What does it take to get fired at the UN? Efficiency? Independent thought? Whistle blowing? |
| Posted by: mom 2005-07-08 07:54 |
| #1 Some folks would fire a subordinate for publicly making a dumbass remark like that. What's it take to get fired at the UN? |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-07-08 07:41 |