Great Moments in Politics: Jordanian MP Pulls Gun on Activist During TV Debate

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Here's something you don't see every day on your television....

In this programme on Jordanian politics, MP Mohammed Shawabka was debating activist and former MP Mansour Sayf al-Din Murad.

In an exchange over the uprising in Syria, Shawabka and Murad accused each other of various crimes, including working for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.

Ignoring the host's pleas to "calm down", Shawabka hurled his right shoe at Murad and followed up by pulling out a silver pistol.

Shawabka only briefly pointed the gun at his opponent, but the two men wrestled on-camera until the programme cut to credits.