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mucker3000
December 14, 2008

******Duck! It's George double-shoe Bush!****** A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news confer...

******Duck! It's George double-shoe Bush!******

A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference.

An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush "a dog" and threw his footwear, just missing the president.

The US president has now continued to Afghanistan to inspect troops there.

He arrived before dawn at Bagram air force base, and is due to hold talks with President Hamid Karzai.

Earlier in Baghdad, Mr Bush and Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki signed the new security agreement between their countries.

The pact calls for US troops to leave Iraq in 2011 - eight years after the 2003 invasion that has in part defined the Bush presidency.

Speaking just over five weeks before he hands over power to Barack Obama, Mr Bush also said the war in Iraq was not over and more work remained to be done.

His previously unannounced visit came a day after Defence Secretary Robert Gates told US troops the Iraq mission was in its "endgame".

'Size 10'

In the middle of the news conference with Mr Maliki, Iraqi television journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi stood up and shouted "this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog," before hurling a shoe at Mr Bush which narrowly missed him.

Showing the soles of shoes to someone is a sign of contempt in Arab culture.

Muntadar al-Zaidi throws a shoe at George Bush (14 December 2008)
Muntadar al-Zaidi was quickly wrestled to the ground and hauled away

With his second shoe, which the president also managed to dodge, Mr Zaidi said: "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq."

Mr Zaidi, a correspondent for Cairo-based al-Baghdadiya TV, was then wrestled to the ground by security personnel and hauled away.

"If you want the facts, it's a size 10 shoe that he threw," Mr Bush joked afterwards.

Al-Baghdadiya's bureau chief told the Associated Press that he had no idea what prompted Mr Zaidi to attack President Bush, although reports say he was once kidnapped by a militia and beaten up.

"I am trying to reach Muntadar since the incident, but in vain," said Fityan Mohammed. "His phone is switched off."

Correspondents said the attack was symbolic. Iraqis threw shoes and used them to beat Saddam Hussein's statue after his overthrow.

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w101t (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

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good job ddue

Aleksi4321 (1 month ago) Show Hide

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uh i hope they realize we dont give a fuck about shoes :-). Lets take all their weapons and make them fight with flip flops.

bichgo13 (1 month ago) Show Hide

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haha fuck yea G.W. got nice reflex hahahahahahahahahaha .. G.W. must put on iraq!

inala1made (2 months ago) Show Hide

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bahahahahahaaa that was a first

NerfTheBrightWizards (4 months ago) Show Hide

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I dont like bush in fact i think he was a horrible president... but ur right - some nice ducks .,. ...<..

cikagogi (4 months ago) Show Hide

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OMG... why U mist. u noob...

KICK that motherfucker BUSH in the head.... stupid noob

SargentPeppers05 (5 months ago) Show Hide

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damn Good reflexes Bush.

kolbrt (6 months ago) Show Hide

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wat i like about this that it didnt hit him...but it hit the USA flag.

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Bush matrixed that arabian bitch

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I think that guy was the shoe bombers brother. But think about it that guy is probably has a shoe in his ass right now. You know he is in GITMO getting gangbanged!

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