corner.nationalreview.com - 12/15/2008
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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 comment on what they see as his calamitous ...
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: ...
firedoglake.com - 12/16/2008
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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 ...
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Shoe Thrower Being Tortured?
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Iraqi Ingrates, Footwear Edition
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
... inane meme, the Pantload thinks Iraqi journalists should at least be grateful enough to recognize that George W. Bush made them free enough to hurl shoes at him. And Bush won't even have them tortured and killed! ...
Unsavory and Shifty Ingrates
Obsidian Wings —
... 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 generally grateful Iraqi populace. Jonah Goldberg called al-Zaidi, an "unsavory Muslim or Arab." ...
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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, ...
First thoughts: If the shoe fits
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 12/15/2008 — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** If the shoe fits…: If Bush ever hopes to have the history of his presidency revived, a la Truman, it's going to start with success in Iraq. That's why it must have been that much ...
Obama should be like Bush
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The Shoe Thrower Uprising
taylormarsh.com 12/15/2008 — BY TAYLOR MARSH
There is no doubt that anyone throwing a shoe at the President of the United
States would be jailed. The
reaction from that arrest is what’s most interesting.
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand ...
Iraqi shoe-thrower captures Mideast rage at Bush
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reuters.com 12/15/2008 — By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent - Analysis BEIRUT (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 comment on what they see as his calamitous ...
Laura Bush speaks out on shoe-throwing incident
usatoday.com 12/18/2008 — "As a wife, I saw it as an assault, and that's what it was," she told USA TODAY during an interview at the White House on Thursday. "So I didn't laugh it off." A month before returning to private life, Bush said she will continue her public advocacy ...
Iraqi shoe-throwing reporter becomes the talk of Iraq
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reuters.com 12/15/2008 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush has become the talk of Iraq, hailed by marchers as a national hero but blasted by the government as a barbarian. The little-known Shi'ite reporter, said to ...
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 ...
No we can't
lefarkins.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — This story , indicating that the Obama administration is bailing on the idea even investigating whether criminal charges ought to be brought against Bush administration officials who committed war crimes such as torture, is very discouraging. From the ...
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pajamasmedia.com 11/11/2008 — November 11, 2008 NO SURPRISE: "President-elect Barack Obama is unlikely to radically overhaul controversial Bush administration intelligence policies, advisers say, an approach that is almost certain to create tension within the Democratic Party. ...
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