the engineer hoist by his own petard: in Beirut

Sat 22 Jul 2006

Nick & Nora Charles alerted me to this deliciously ironic tale of the hardline Muslim cleric, previously barred from Britain for glorifying violence, being turned back as he tried to get on board a British warship to flee Beirut.

I like to think I wouldn’t delight in the misfortune of others but when I finished reading this article in The Australian, my subconscious had planted a huge smirk on my face.

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