George Bush Shoe Throw TRANSLATED in Iraq 2 shoes thrown at President Bush during press conference

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Gingalib
December 14, 2008

A courageous Iraqi journalist throws his shoes at President Bush out of contempt for Bush over the Iraq war. Such a shame he misses. Bush Shoe Incident Merchandise! http://shop.cafepress.com/b... ...

A courageous Iraqi journalist throws his shoes at President Bush out of contempt for Bush over the Iraq war. Such a shame he misses.

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You have to respect this man's restraint. With over 1,000,000 Iraqis dead as a result of George's war, flying shoes are practically flowers and candy.

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.

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."

Throwing shoes at someone, or sitting so that the bottom of a shoe faces another person, is considered an insult among Muslims.

The Cairo-based al-Baghdadiya TV channel said Mr Zaidi should be freed because he had been exercising freedom of expression - something which the Americans had promised to Iraqis on the ousting of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

The programming director for al-Baghdadiya, Muzhir al-Khafaji, described the journalist as a "proud Arab and an open-minded man".

The brother of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush has said that the reporter has been beaten in custody.

Muntadar al-Zaidi has suffered a broken hand, broken ribs and internal bleeding, as well as an eye injury, his older brother, Dargham, told the BBC.

Mr Zaidi told a BBC correspondent that despite offers from many lawyers his brother has not been given access to any since being arrested.

Mr Zaidi was a graduate of communications from Baghdad University.

"He has no ties with the former regime. His family was arrested under Saddam's regime," his programming director said.

Mr Zaidi has previously been abducted by insurgents and also held twice for questioning by US forces in Iraq.

In November 2007 he was kidnapped by a gang on his way to work in central Baghdad and released three days later without a ransom.

He said at the time that the kidnappers had beaten him until he lost consciousness, and used his necktie to blindfold him.

Mr Zaidi never learned the identity of his kidnappers, who questioned him about his work before letting him go.

Dargham al-Zaidi told the BBC that his brother deliberately bought Iraqi-made shoes, which were dark brown with laces.

The shoes themselves are said to have attracted bids from around the Arab world.

According to unconfirmed newspaper reports, the former coach of the Iraqi national football team, Adnan Hamad, has offered $100,000 (£65,000) for the shoes, while a Saudi citizen has apparently offered $10m (£6.5m).

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq: 1,284,105

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In U.S. War And Occupation Of Iraq: 4,209

Cost of U.S. War and Occupation of Iraq:
$579,602,161,240

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thetruth786110 (5 days ago) Show Hide

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NAZI!!!!!!!! during the jew kilings about 6 million died... in iraq 1 million iraqis are dead and estimates 3 million will dead due to the war... AMERICAN NAZI SCUM!!!! 9/11 was a inside job..war in afganistan is not needed!!

azadahmadi (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

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if thoues shoe head hit him i would have given 1mlion $ for tham

swanningaround (1 month ago) Show Hide

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This video shows that George Bush is the nicest guy around. He understands people. Most other people would be nasty and not forgiving like George was if this happened to them. George is like Jesus Our Saviour who forgives those who insult him.

PikachuCullen (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Agreed. But I still prefer Cheney over Bush. Can we have Cheney for 2012, pretty please? Before Obama ruins the USA in a 2nd term...

swanningaround (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Pik. Thanks. Why do you like Cheney so much? I personally think Obama is dping a great job too, like George did. I think the two men have genuine respect for each other. Their styles are different - I think George is more charismatic. Obama is a bit like Gore to my mind - wooden. However both Gore and Obama have good minds. I think hat Gore's ideas on global warming are great.

PikachuCullen (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Obama is too image-conscious. Cheney is a doer. He sticks to principles. I like his obsession over national safety.

swanningaround (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Pik. I know what you mean. I think Obama is very image concious too. I wish he would show us the real man and share his true thoughts with us. I too think Obama is to guarded in his approach. His is just a bit too smooth - sort of like Ben Affleck. National safety is very important - as long as it doesn't sacrifice the safety of other countries. I think the US can make itself safe without being seen as being a threat by others.

Daemonologist (1 month ago) Show Hide

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seriously you should look through the 911 again to know what really happened, not as if you would care to watch it of course

Daemonologist (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Hmmm Let me guess you didn't look through the whole 911 thing did you.

Daemonologist (1 month ago) Show Hide

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no kidding like the set up same as Hitlers when he burn down the palace to go off in war just like 911

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