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Mar. 23rd, 2007 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I’ve lived in London a long time; long enough that I’m aware I scarcely even register loud impacts in the street. But I like to think that if a mortar exploded 100 yards away, I’d still be able to allow myself a small flinch. Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki, on the other hand, has clearly become acclimatised to a very different urban environment. The second camera angle shows that, while the UN Sec-Gen ducks, wide-eyed, in understandable terror, al-Maliki barely blinks. He may as well wearily hold up a small sign saying, “Welcome to my fucking world”.


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Date: 2007-03-23 02:45 pm (UTC)Rather makes you want to run up and give him a hug.
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Date: 2007-03-23 02:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-23 03:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-23 03:09 pm (UTC)But none of it is working for him. I'll bet good money he'll be in exile in London before the year is out.