Iraqi president's new marriage sets gossip mills turning

[DuctapeFatwa]

BAGHDAD is buzzing. Not with talk about the war on terror but about President Ghazi Al-Yawer's new wife.

Public Works Minister Nesreen Mustafa Berwari is Mr Ghazi's third wife. He has two wives in Saudi Arabia.

What is keeping the gossip mills alive is that Ms Berwari is a Kurd.

some people here see the marriage as sensible alliance building. But others say it's not the time for a president to be marrying, with bombs going off and Iraqis dying...also fear that his marriage to a Kurd could cause problems with Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk and other key areas where tensions between Kurds and Arabs run high..

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0,4136,74786,00.html

[aquart]

1. Back up a moment. This man has TWO SAUDI WIVES?

Who's taking care of them while he's away? How many kids does he have who are Saudi citizens?

[saracat]

2. And Bush says we are concerned with womens rights in

Iraq. But I guess polygamy is just a "cultural" issue, as the black Gop Lt.Governor of maryland quaintly called, it while adroitly addressing the issue of slavery. He even used the phrase "A nation 50% slave and 50% free could not survive." But of course in the case of women,it's "cultural" and therefore acceptable. GRRRR.

[ogradda]

3. excuse me?

are you telling me he has 3 wives? and * is talking about what a wonderful person he is?? LMAO

[lovuian]

4. This is the US picked Prez!!! A Polygamist!!!

What a guy!!!

[foreigncorrespondent]

5. Geezus!

And to think, I'm not even allowed to have one wife! Go figure!

[Piperay]

6. THREE wives?!?!

:wtf: ... so what do all those RW moralists think of that???

[lovuian]

7. I think Laura should have them all over for tea and meet

Pat Robertson!!!

:bounce:

[SoCalDem]

8. Um.. I thought ALAWI was president

:shrug:

[leftchick]

9. Allawi is the "interim Prime Minister".....

The pres. is the fat guy in arab white dress. But what the hell a puppet is a puppet, who needs titles?

on edit: found his pic...

[truthisfreedom]

10. is he from salt lake city?

[Disturbed]

11. Islam

Three wives is the limit?

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Four, I think (n/t)

[sushi]

13. Yes, it's four

So he can marry one more! :party:

[loudsue]

14. He gets one more wife? How 'bout one of the TWINS?

That will show how sincere bush really is, no? This guy should know that bush would do ANYTHING to get his hands on all that Iraqi oil.

:kick::kick::kick:

[Mr E McSquare]

15. I bet his weeding didnt get bombed either!

[daleo]

16. Two Saudi wives

I wonder how many degrees of separation between him and Bin Laden? Since he's a Bush puppet, probably not many.