US EditionUS diplomat apologises for calling Lebanese reporters 'animalistic'
Tom Barrack apologized for calling Lebanese journalists "animalistic," a remark condemned as racist and colonial, sparking calls for boycotts and uniting diverse Lebanese groups in protest.
- On Tuesday, Tom Barrack told reporters at the Presidential Palace to `act civilised` and warned, `The moment that this starts becoming chaotic, like animalistic, we’re gone` after meeting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut.
- Meeting with Lebanese officials to discuss Hezbollah's disarmament, Barrack chided local press for shouting questions simultaneously, linking that behaviour to regional instability during his Tuesday Beirut visit.
- The Lebanese Press Editors Syndicate demanded a public apology and warned of boycotts, the Union of Journalists in Lebanon called for event boycotts until an apology is issued, and the Lebanese Presidency expressed regret over comments made from its platform.
- Protests in the south forced Tom Barrack to cancel planned visits to Khiam and Tyre and cut short his south-Lebanon tour amid widespread social media anger uniting Lebanon's fractured political spectrum.
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Washington TimesU.S. diplomat apologizes for using the word 'animalistic' in reference to Lebanese reporters
Tom Barrack, who is the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria and has also been on a temporary assignment in Lebanon, said he didn’t intend to use the word “in a derogatory manner” but that his comments had been “inappropriate.”
·Los Angeles, United States
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U.S. diplomat apologizes for using the word ‘animalistic’ in reference to Lebanese reporters
A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a news conference in Lebanon earlier this week.
·Toronto, Canada
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