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Iraqi man threw a shoe at Bush during press conference in Baghdad.
Think Progress —
President Bush is in Baghdad today on a surprise farewell visit highlighting the security deal recently reached between the U.S. and Iraq. CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware reports this afternoon that during a press conference with Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, an Iraqi man threw a shoe at Bush, but “it just sailed past his head”:
WARE: Well, Wolf, the most extraordinary thing. You may or may not believe this. We’re getting reports from the press pool that flew in with President Bush and apparently just a short, short time ago in a press conference with Prime Minister Maliki, an Iraqi man stood up in the press ...
Iraq chooses to follow the gourd
Rising Hegemon —
The shoe is a HUGE symbol of disdain in Middle Eastern culture. You may remember when Saddam fell Iraqis took off their shoes and pounded the various Hussein murals with them. So, while the Emperor Disgustus was taking a victory lap on your dime and the Iraqi dinar an Iraqi Journalist took to symbolic measures to show his pure disdain. McClatchy identified the man as Iraqi television journalist Muthathar al Zaidi and reports he threw both of his shoes at Bush just after he finished prepared remarks. The New York Times notes that the first shoe “narrowly missed” and the second ...
Speaking of Iraq: Bush Makes a Farewell Visit
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Speaking of Iraq, President Bush made a farewell visit to that country today (via the NYT): Bush Makes Final Iraq Visit
Air Force One arrived in Baghdad at 4 p.m. after a 10-and-a-half-hour overnight flight from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. It was Mr. Bush’s fourth visit to IraqOn arriving here, he met the two senior American officials, Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker and Gen. Ray Odierno, on the tarmac. He met with Iraqi leaders and was expected to meet with American troops.
Jules Crittenden calls this a “Victory Lap” which strikes me as a stretch, to put it kindly. There is, of course, the report I ...
Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at Bush
Booman Tribune —
by BooMan Sun Dec 14th, 2008 at 02:34:22 PM EST
