tigerhawk.blogspot.com - 12/16/2008
—
Lefty blogs are in a froth over rumors that Iraqis, or even Americans, are torturing Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush the other day. That would be bad. I, for one, hope that nobody did anything worse than, say, the Chicago cops would have done circa ...
abcnews.go.com - 12/15/2008
—
abcnews.go.com —
President George W. Bush spoke with ABC News'
Martha Raddatz Sunday following an incident in which an...
Iraqi reporter threw two shoes at the president. Bush told Raddatz he wasn't insulted by the shoe-throwing, and that stranger things have happened ...
(more)
Bush 'Not Insulted' by Thrown Shoes
msnbc.msn.com - 12/14/2008
Comments
Blog Reactions
alicublog —
... "I, for one, hope that nobody did anything worse than, say, the Chicago cops would have done circa 1968. That might sound shocking, but you have to be realistic about these things... it is certainly a sign that Iraqis have greatly expanded their sense of personal freedom." -- TigerHawk. ...
Shoe-Throwing, Torture, and Freedom
Comments from Left Field —
... Bush going to such a high-security facility?”
Juan Cole links to coverage of the huge street rallies in Iraq in support of al-Zaidi — including U.S. military patrols being pelted with shoes by crowds of demonstrators in Najaf.
The protests continued today, with participants holding up shoes, and signs in Arabic and English saying “Go Out, U.S.A.”
TigerHawk has my qualified respect (not that he needs it) for this post:
Lefty blogs are in a froth over rumors that ...
Related: al=zaidi pardon
Pardon my Shoes —
The Latest on Air America
Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al- Zaidi who threw both his shoes at President Bush this past weekend is asking for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for a pardon. Zaidi sent a letter to the Prime Minister describing his conduct as “an ugly act that cannot be excused.” Zaidi also ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
