NH man convicted of beating Saddam look-alike at Foxwoods

[sabra]

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http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=55986

NH man convicted of beating Saddam look-alike at Foxwoods
By NANCY MEERSMAN
Union Leader Staff

A tribal court in Connecticut has imposed a $33,070 civil penalty on two New Hampshire men for allegedly attacking a man at the Foxwoods Casino because he looked like Saddam Hussein.

According to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court record, Michael McLane of Goffstown and Emanuel Papadakis, formerly of Merrimack and now living in Florida, pointed their fingers at Michael Barbosa and told him: "We're kicking your (expletive) over there and we'll do it here."

"Over there" was apparently a reference to Iraq. The alleged assault took place on March 22, 2003, shortly after the war began.

Barbosa, of Randolph, Mass., who has a thick mustache, "bears a remarkable resemblance to Saddam Hussein" and was wearing a beret in a style favored by the former Iraqi dictator, according to the tribal court judge, Edward B. O'Connell.

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[bluestateguy]

1. Somebody needs to find a more construcutive hobby

[yorkiemommie1]

2. or they could enlist

and go 'over there'

[Straight Shooter]

3. So if they see someone who looks like Jesus ...

... they'll give all their worldly possessions to the poor and follow him?

[NNN0LHI]

6. Or nail him to the nearest cross depending on ones viewpoint n/t

[Up2Late]

4. Oh know! Not Shab Shab!

Let see who "gets" that reference.

[enigmatic]

5. Morons...

Absolute fucking morons...

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Not only a moron, but very poorly informed

Or perhaps he has a strange definition of "kicking their (expletive)."

[leesa]

8. This is what we're fighting against...pure lunacy.

[Robb]

9. ...And we keep trying to make good arguments with them.

I'm shaking my head a lot these days.

[lateo]

10. Let these clowns enlist...

[Bonhomme Richard]

11. Typical Freeps. Notice there were two of them.

I'm sure neither one had the balls to do it alone.

[bluedonkey]

12. The question I have

was the man even Iraqi?His last name doesn't sound 'arab'.
I hope he sue the crap out of them!

[sabra]

13. I believe he just looked Mid Eastern

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. And they thought Saddam Hussein was walking around at a tribal

casino in New Hampshire? Hooooo-kay!

As long as those moronic freepoids are running around loose, other dark-haired men with large moustaches (Gene Shalit?) should stay away from New Hampshire. :scared:

[Throckmorton]

15. Actually, it's in Connecticut

About 10 miles from my house. Now, if they had beat up a blackjack dealer they might have skated. It seems that the casino's are reluctant to allow charges to be brought against people that attack their employees. They have that ability, as they don't have to follow Connecticut Law.

[Javaman]

16. I see their strategy, beat up Italians so we can win in Iraq...

How brilliant!

So here's my advice, if you have swarthy complexion, look out! Whether you are Greek, Turkish, Italian, Libyan, etc, you are open game! Oh and no mustaches, that's a big no no. Only dictators and terrorists have mustaches. Oh don't forget the beret, not even going to go there.

How dare, Howard Dean say the repuklicans are the party of the rich white. He forgot a whole other sector of republicans, the stupid asshole whites. I do believe they are referred in some circles as: WHITE TRASH.

What a couple of fucktards.

[ET Awful]

17. "Only dictators and terrorists have mustaches"

Like John Bolton for instance? :evilgrin:

[Voltaire99]

18. They seem fairly representative of Bush Americans.

You'll find a lot of our more nationalistic "patriots" in sympathy with these thugs.

Nationalism is a disease; these are its ravages.