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Published 1/29/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker
The Iraqi Prime Minister tried to protect then-President Bush last month when an Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at Bush during a visit to Baghdad.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — For the war-beaten orphans of the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, this big old shoe fits right in their hearts.
A huge sculpture of the footwear hurled [...]
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