news.xinhuanet.com - 12/16/2008
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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 U.S. President George W. Bush during a news ...
Leftwing Blogosphere Cheers Iraqi Shoe Thrower
newsbusters.org 12/15/2008 — 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 ...
Whether the Shoe Fits -- Or Not
corner.nationalreview.com 12/15/2008 — I don't think the shoe-hurl is entirely meaningless, but this is ridiculous.
BEIRUT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The hurling of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq strikes many in the Middle East as a fittingly furious ...
If the Shoe Fits
corner.nationalreview.com 12/15/2008 — Michael Totten just got back from Iraq. So I asked him about the shoe this morning: "The Bush shoe incident made me laugh slightly. Only because of the U.S. was an Iraqi journalist allowed to throw that shoe. On some level, he knows that. Tellingly, ...
Iraqi shoe throwers, the next generation
swamppolitics.com 12/15/2008 —
Children play with shoes owned by famous shoe thrower, President Bush's attacker Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi outside his apartment in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
by Frank James
It was hard to resist ...
BDS defined, in a shoe-throwing
theanchoressonline.com 12/17/2008 — Lots of talk, of course, about the shoe-throwing incident in Iraq . The point has been made, enough, I think, that this Iraqi reporter would never have been free enough to throw his shoes under Saddam.
In reading some of the forums, this commenter ...
Father Offers Daughter to Shoe-Tossing Guy —
Little Green Footballs
Q: How do you know when you’ve really made it in the Arab world? A: Father offers daughter to shoe-thrower .
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian man said on Wednesday he was offering his 20-year-old daughter in marriage to Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. ...
Why Was Shoe Thrower Kept from Court? —
Firedoglake
Al Zaida was scheduled to appear in court today for the first hearings of charges against him for this weekend’s shoe toss. But Iraqi officials did not let him appear and his family is very worried about what this means :
THE Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at United States ...
The Corner —
News
The odes in newspapers to the Iraqi shoe-thrower are among the worst of the 2008 media, writes Kathryn Jean Lopez. The shoe-thrower was offensive not only to the president but also to the U.S. forces who have served in Iraq, she writes. President-elect Obama's team could be damaged by the Senate ...
The Arab culture of self-righteous fury —
Yourish.com
Jonathan Spyer has hit the nail dead-on with his analysis of the Arab reaction to the shoe-thrower at President Bush’s press conference in Iraq.
This political culture sanctifies anti-Western fury, and continues, half a century after decolonization, to see the Arabs as hapless victims ...
The Left Just Can’t Accept Success In Iraq —
QandO
I ’ve thought about the "shoe thrower" for a couple of days and come to the conclusion that he’s pretty representative of a type of person we see more of today through out society at large. The emotionally and politically immature. They’re characterized by no self-discipline, ...
Shoe Thrower ‘Beaten’ —
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Muntadar al-Zaidi’s shoe throwing made him a hero in the Arab world, but his fate is uncertain. The reporter remains in custody, where, his brother says, he has been beaten and suffers from broken bones and internal bleeding. A Saudi man, meanwhile, has reportedly offered $10 million ...
The Freedom to Throw Shoes —
The Corner on National Review Online
I have a column up today on the homepage, where I argue that the shoe throwing incident is a sign of progress in Iraq:
Saddam didn't allow too many of the people who offended him have a fair trial. But now, some 200 lawyers -- including Americans -- have volunteered to defend the shoe thrower. ...
Kafka du Jour —
The shoe thrower in Iraq? Beaten? Kicked when he was down? What to do?
Obligatory Shoe-Thrower Post —
Rhymes With Right
Yeah, I'll post about it. The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in a supreme insult has suddenly become the talk of Iraq, hailed by marchers as a national hero but blasted by the...
Shoe Thrower Being Tortured? —
Firedoglake
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 channel where the Iraqi Journalist Montather ...
Unsavory and Shifty Ingrates —
Obsidian Wings
by Eric Martin
In response to the recent shoe-throwing incident in Iraq, many Iraq war supporters - and the President himself - will attempt to dismiss the thrower, Muntazer al-Zaidi, as an outlier, an exception, an "attention" seeker (to paraphrase Bush), with the rule being a ...
Shoegate Thrower Charged —
The Latest on Air America
Muntader Al-Zaidi, the journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush during a news conference is being charged for not throwing shoes at Bush but for throwing shoes in the presence of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (which is Iraq is a no-no). CNN's Baghad reporter Michael Ware reports ...
Eating Shoe Leather —
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man
Evidently, in Iraq throwing a shoe at someone means that they are lower than the dirt beneath the sole of the shoe. This reminds me of the games we used to play as adolescents. When we made fun of each other the really good insults were known as chopping: HA ha, I chopped you so low you have ...
Bush targeted by Iraqi shoe-thrower —
CNN Political Ticker
President Bush, left, ducks a thrown shoe as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki tries to protect him Sunday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — President Bush made an unannounced, farewell visit Sunday to Baghdad, Iraq, where he met with Iraqi leaders, ...
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