Seriously, he is. We just had his court hearing before a judge in his cell, “because he is too injured to appear in a courtroom, his brother says.”

He’s being tortured, and not a word from Bush of Perino on this, which would stop the abuse, because Perino is a wind up doll, and Bush likes it when people he sees as slighting him are hurt….Hell, he probably just likes it when people are hurt.

We also have a report that Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Speaker of Iraq Parliament resigned over this, though it is unclear as to whether it was a real resignation, and if real, it is unclear if he was doing so over al-Zaidi, or because the body was in complete pandemonium:

Several Sadrist lawmakers interrupted, demanding that the session address al-Zeidi’s case and allegations that he had been beaten in custody. A noisy argument broke out after other lawmakers shouted that the case was a matter for the courts, according to Wisam al-Zubaidi, an adviser to Khalid al-Attiyah, parliament’s deputy speaker.

With legislators screaming at one another, speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, a Sunni, shouted: “There is no honor in leading this parliament and I announce my resignation.”

Al-Mashhadani, who has not taken a public position on al-Zeidi, has a history of eccentric behavior and it was unclear whether the resignation was serious. Two years ago, the Shiite bloc ousted al-Mashhadani after a series of outbursts, but his fellow Sunnis forced his reinstatement.

An official in the speaker’s office confirmed al-Mashhadani’s announcement but said he was uncertain whether he meant what he said. The official said the speaker may have been made the remark because he was upset. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.