newsbusters.org - 12/15/2008
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The shoes had hardly left the hand of the Iraqi who tossed them at President Bush during the Baghdad press conference yesterday when the leftwing blogosphere began cheering him as some sort of hero. The incredible success of the Surge in Iraq has been very frustrating for the left. Along ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 12/16/2008
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news.bbc.co.uk —
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 ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Shoe thrower 'beaten in custody'
michaeltotten.com - 12/15/2008
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michaeltotten.com —
by Michael J. Totten BAGHDAD -- If your
men conduct any raids, I said to Captain Todd...
Looney at Combat Outpost Ford on the outskirts of Sadr City, Baghdad, I want to go. We might have something come up, he said. If so, I'll get you out ...
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On the Hunt in Baghdad
thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Yesterday, after an Iraqi journalist used “ [t]wo
of the worst insults in Islam ” against him,...
an unfazed President Bush sat down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for an exit interview in Iraq. When Raddatz asked Bush about his legacy, ...
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Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ...
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Iraq: Troops Give President Bush Tremendous Sendoff
The Jawa Report —
December 15, 2008 Iraq: Troops Give President Bush Tremendous Sendoff Nice. Full video here No anti-American shoe throwing journalist present. Rumor has it he was on a conference call with MSNBC and the leftist blogs h/t GP By Stable Hand at December 15, 2008 10:14 AM | | l digg this
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