US President Joe Biden indicated that his uncle was shot down over Papua New Guinea during the Second World War and eaten by cannibals. But the head of government of Papua New Guinea is fighting back.
The head of Papua New Guinea has rejected an anecdote recently shared by US President Joe Biden about an uncle who was allegedly eaten by cannibals. Sometimes there are “moments of confusion,” said James Marape in an interview on Monday, referring to Biden’s controversial statements. However, the relations between the two countries are stronger than “a blurry moment”.
Biden caused a stir last week with an anecdote about an uncle who was allegedly eaten by cannibals during World War II. “He was shot down over New Guinea and his body was never found because there were really a lot of cannibals in that part of New Guinea,” Biden said last Wednesday during a campaign appearance in the US state of Pennsylvania. However, the story soon turned out to be a legend.
Biden spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden’s uncle Ambrose Finnegan died in a plane crash off New Guinea in 1944. According to the Pentagon department responsible for investigating missing soldiers, the plane had to make an emergency landing in the water off the coast of the island. The machine therefore hit the sea surface hard. A reconnaissance flight the next day discovered no trace of the missing aircraft or the three crew members.
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Marape said he has met Biden a total of four times so far. At every opportunity, the US President “highly praised” Papua New Guinea. There was never any mention of “cannibals” in connection with his country. Instead, there are important issues, such as the disposal of unexploded explosive devices from the Second World War as one of the main dangers in remote areas.
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Source: Stern
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