(as mentioned by TomPaine.com and the Center for American Progress)
George W. Bush, speaking in London yesterday: “I’ve been here only a short time, but I’ve noticed that the tradition of free speech — exercised with enthusiasm — is alive and well here in London. We have that at home, too. They now have that right in Baghdad, as well.”
Reuters news service, eight days ago: American soldiers handcuffed and firmly wrapped masking tape around an Iraqi man’s mouth after they arrested him for speaking out against occupation troops. Asked why the man had been arrested and put into the back of a Humvee vehicle on Tahrir Square, the commanding officer told Reuters at the scene on Tuesday: “This man has been detained for making anti-coalition statements.”