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December 14, 2008

George Busch Gets Shoes Whipped/Thrown at Him 12-14-08 while visiting Iraq. George Bush vs Shoes George Bush attacked by shoes Credits to MSNBC no copyright was intended. msnbc.com President Bu...

George Busch Gets Shoes Whipped/Thrown at Him 12-14-08 while visiting Iraq.

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President Bush dodges two shoes hurled at him by an Iraqi journalist during news conference; Press Secretary Dana Perino injured in melee

BAGHDAD -- His legacy forever linked to an unpopular war, President George W. Bush visited Iraq under intense security Sunday and declared that a long, hard conflict is necessary to protect the United States and give Iraqis hope.

"The war is not over," he said.

Bush got a size-10 reminder of the fervent opposition to his policies when a man threw two shoes at him -- one after another -- during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

"This is the end!" shouted the man, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadiya television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.

Bush ducked both throws. Neither leader was hit. In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt; Iraqis whacked a statue of Saddam Hussein with their shoes after U.S. Marines toppled it to the ground in 2003.

"All I can report," Bush joked of the incident, "is a size 10."

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, however, was hit in the eye with a microphone as security guards scrambled to restrain al-Zeidi.

The U.S. president visited the Iraqi capital just 37 days before he hands the war off to President-elect Barack Obama, who has pledged to end it. The president wanted to highlight a drop in violence in a nation still riven by ethnic strife and to celebrate a recent U.S.-Iraq security agreement, which calls for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011.

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stopwastinglana (4 days ago) Show Hide

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under saddam this guy(the shoe guy) would have had his head choped off and his family raped and executed but not before being tortured...damn lucky he only got a few years in jail.

apacheslim (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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hes got 18 years jail

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"George Bush forced to duck to avoid shoes thrown by journalist"

What the hell does that mean? He was actually FORCED to duck by something? Did somebody put a gun to his head and told him to duck? Would have been great if he WASN'T forced to duck.

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the only logical explanation is that bush has met chuck norris

oepolish (1 month ago) Show Hide

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i saw this video but bush shot eye beams at him. anyone know where it is

elleadnih (1 month ago) Show Hide

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omg hes my new Gandhi

abobjenkins (1 month ago) Show Hide

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let's listen in...AHH AHHH AHHHHHH!!

anthraxman (1 month ago) Show Hide

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imagine the shoe was a pokeball and it sucked him up! lol

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I don't know why but I lol'd

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