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weeklystandard.com - 12/15/2008
Nuanced Views on Muntader the Shoe Thrower
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The New York Times 's Baghdad Bureau Blog does a good job of rounding up opinions of Iraqis on yesterday's shoe-throwing incident by an Iraqi "journalist" that targeted President Bush during a press briefing in Baghdad with Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. Clearly there is a wide range of ...
firedoglake.com - 12/16/2008
Shoe Thrower Being Tortured?
— firedoglake.com — While Tweety fussed about the propriety of Al Zaida’s shoe throw just now, very credible reports started... to come in from Arabic sources that Muntader Al Zaida is being in very bad shape: Raed in the Middle reports: Albaghdadia, the TV ... (more) Shoe Thrower Being Tortured?

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news.xinhuanet.com - 12/16/2008
Thousands rally in Iraq to support Bush shoe thrower_English_Xinhua
— news.xinhuanet.com — Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq Video: Iraqis demand release of shoe-thrower BAGHDAD, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) --... Thousands of Iraqis have taken to streets on Tuesday for second day to demand the release of an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at ... (more) Thousands rally in Iraq to support Bush shoe ...

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News — ... . A New York Times story featuring supporters of the shoe thrower fails to note that one of its sources is close to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, writes Bill Roggio at The Weekly Standard. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] ...

Dawn Patrol
Mudville Gazette — ... only one of the "nearly a dozen" sources cited by the New York Times for its story blowing the NSA terrorist surveillance program. Russell Tice outed himself as a source soon after the publication of the Times story. One wonders why the government has brought no prosecution to date in connection with the incredibly damaging crimes committed by Tamm, Tice and the others. One also wonders whether such treachery will continue to be the subject of adulation in the age of Obama. Nuanced Views on Muntader the Shoe Thrower -- [Weekly Standard - Bill ...

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