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Video: Iraqi Man Throws Shoe At Bush
Oliver Willis —
This sort of says everything.
BBC: “In the Middle East, the sole of the foot is unclean, so pointing it at someone is insulting: when Iraqis vented their fury on the deposed Saddam Hussein in 2003, they beat his statue with their shoes.”
BBC: “”Going into someone’s house or a mosque, you would always take your shoes off first. Shoes are used to beat servants, thieves, prostitutes; it indicates servility. Were you to beat your children, this would be done with a stick or the hand, but never shoes.” ”
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Muthathar al Zaidi: Today’s Shoe Hero [VIDEO]
Firedoglake —
Muthathar al Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, threw both of his shoes at George W Bush as he completed his prepared remarks congratulating himself on the "Surge"™
"This is a goodbye kiss, you dog!"
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Two BBC Stories 5 Years Apart: Leaders and Shoes
Informed Comment —
A journalist, Muntazir al-Zaidi of Baghdadiya Television, aimed two shoes at W. during a news conference in Baghdad during which Bush attempted to justify his invasion of Iraq. Baghdadiya, based in Cairo, Egypt, supports the Sunni Arab insurgents fighting the US and the al-Maliki government. Al-Zaidi shouted "This is a farewell kiss!" as he launched his size tens, then kept shouting "Dog, dog!" (In Arabic, it would be ibn al-kalb or son of a dog, equivalent to English s.o.b.; for color you can say 'son of a thousand dogs!') If you search shoes and Iraq, here is how google shows two BBC stories on December 14, five years apart: BBC NEWS | World | Middle ...
Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at Bush
Booman Tribune —
by BooMan Sun Dec 14th, 2008 at 02:34:22 PM EST
Contempt
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
An Iraqi journalist expresses the sentiment of many Iraqis:
Shoe Toss
Matthew Yglesias —
Iraqi journalist tosses shoes at George W. Bush:
Some people got very upset when I said I thought throwing pie at Tom Friedman was funny, but I’m having trouble coming up with appropriately humorless language with which to express my fake outrage at this incident. Instead, a flashback to April 2003:
Iraqis had begun tearing down portraits of Saddam and throwing shoes — a grave insult in the Arab world — and chipping away at the base of the statue with sledgehammers after a column of Marines advanced into the square Wednesday afternoon. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — YEAH, THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU A BIT CRANKY About the shoe-throwing reporter: "This is a farewell kiss!" the man, identified as Muntadar al-Zaidi, a reporter with the Cairo-based network Al Baghdadia Television, yelled as he threw the shoes. Bush had to duck out of the way, and narrowly missed being hit.... Zaidi, colleagues said, was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen last year and was later released. And that's true -- here's the Reuters story from last year: An Iraqi TV journalist who was kidnapped last week in a busy Baghdad neighborhood said he was released unharmed before dawn on Monday. Muntazer al-Zaidi, a ...
Throwing Shoes
Suburban Guerrilla —
I can’t believe it took this long for this to happen. Imagine what it’s like, being an Iraqi journalist and seeing up close what Bush has done to his country:
Early Morning Swim: Special Bush Getting Shoes Thrown At Him By Angry Iraqi Edition
Firedoglake —
Bush greeted as liberator in Iraq.
WaPost coverage of the shoe-throwing.
And the Beeb puts it in cultural context.
Plus, a beyond-stupid wingnut response.
Which in turn deserves a response of its own.
Gordon Brown to Obama: ...
