Iraqi Artist Builds Monument for Shoe-thrower

Baghdad-based artist Laith al-Amari built a fibreglass-and-copper monument in honor Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Bush during a news conference. (Jan. 29)

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[NrthNaplesComputers]

is that where the old saddam statue was?

[mothartrucker]

They've had it dismantled already.

[EpicPinoy360]

HAIL THE IRAQI SHOE THROWER,THE IRAQIS INSPIRATIONAL HERO IF HIS TIME.

[hashas003]

a goog tribute for americans.

[Striker4928]

@doc btw Saddam was no different from all the Middle East dictators which of course the US ignored since Iraq had the major oil reserves. Kurds were killed by Turkey, Iran and Iraq, 30 YEARS AGO in a US sponsored Iran-Iraq war. any mustard gas or nerve gas canisters surviving from that time are stamped "made in the USA". Also Rumsfeld and american generals were in Baghdad selling weapons to Iraq and supporting their friend Saddam. You must be desperate using that as an excuse for US crimes.

[Striker4928]

@doc3ACR..been there AFTER the US turned it into a hellhole, just like child killer americans to point fingers at there victims. Does a million dead from illegal invasion and AMERICAN atrocities mean anything to you? No, not if you're American. You probably laugh at the genocide the US did in Vietnam, deliberately to innocents. FYI there was NO public bombings, NO civil strife or war between shiites and sunni, they lived together in the same apartment blocks, and they had modern infrastructure.

[doc3ACR]

@Striker4928 wow really dude, why dont you do your homework first and then make an educated statement. you have no idea the atrocities saddam committed there. ask the kurdish how they feel about saddam or the tribes in the east of iraq that were wiped out by chemical weapons indiscriminately. most of the people starting shit with soldiers in iraq are not from iraq. its radical muslims from other countries coming in and causing issues. ive been there twice. you are a waste of life

[ojtheomega1]

stupid sand nigger terrorists

[TheFamousLie]

I never liked bush anyways he was corrupt

[30H13]

@Striker4928 yes, based on the fact that leaders are elected. it is a democracy.

[Cowboyschamps]

i have to say whoever made this statue has allot of time on their hands, they should of done a better job at least! Waste of time and money!

[from212]

@MisterCoswel Yea but they replaced him with the presence of the U.S. army which have brought them more pain, death and destruction than Saddam did the entire time he ruled.