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Post by Admin on Apr 22, 2024 16:00:40 GMT
US President Biden has received criticism and backlash after saying that his uncle may have been a victim of cannibalism in Papua New Guinea during World War II.
President Biden said last week that his uncle Finnegan, a World War II veteran, may have been the victim of cannibalism in a plane crash over Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Marape issued a statement on the 21st in response to this, saying, ``It may have just been a slip of the tongue, but there is no reason for my country to be called a country of cannibals.''
According to records from the U.S. Department of Defense, it appears that the plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean, and it is likely that Mr. Biden's memory is incorrect.
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Post by Admin on Apr 23, 2024 23:35:04 GMT
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II.
Biden’s comments offended a key strategic ally as China moves to increase its influence in the region.
The president spoke at a Pennsylvania war memorial last week about his Army Air Corps aviator uncle Second Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., whom he said was shot down over Papua New Guinea, which was a theater of heavy fighting.
“They never found the body because there used to be — there were a lot of cannibals for real in that part of New Guinea,” Biden said, referring to the country’s main island.
Marape said in a statement on Sunday that Biden “appeared to imply his uncle was eaten by cannibals.”
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