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Re: Shoes Thrown At Bush
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle … 782422.stm
(There's a video on the link)
A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference.
An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush "a dog" and threw his footwear, just missing the president.
Showing the soles of shoes to someone is a sign of contempt in Arab culture.
During the trip, Mr Bush and Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki signed the new security agreement between their countries.
The pact calls for US troops to leave Iraq in 2011 - eight years after the 2003 invasion that has in part defined the Bush presidency.
If you want the facts, it's a size 10 shoe that he threw
US President George W Bush
In the middle of the news conference with Mr Maliki, Iraqi television journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi stood up and shouted "this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog," before hurling a shoe at Mr Bush which narrowly missed him.
With his second shoe, which the president also managed to dodge, Mr Zaidi said: "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq."
Mr Zaidi, a correspondent for Cairo-based al-Baghdadiya TV, was then wrestled to the ground by security personnel and hauled away.
Personally I thought Bush's reactions were sharp. He dodged it pretty well!
- Locomotive98
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Re: Shoes Thrown At Bush
russtcb wrote:"That really hurt! Who throws his shoe? Honestly!"
I hadn't thought of that!
Lol, a person who regards it as the highest insult he can give, thats who. See how many people beat the toppled Saddam statue with their shoes. If I recall sitting with the soles of your feet/shoes pointing at someone is also highly offensive in Muslim countries.
Funny shit though - not really a bad punishment considering.
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Yeah, funny thing is most Americans and the rest of the world didn't even notice.
That's how much we care. Not trying to be an asshole, but the only ones keeping score of their "insults" are them.
Did anyone notice that Iraqi Prime Minster (guessing?) next to Bush, tried to slap the second one out of the way?
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Roxxie wrote:russtcb wrote:"That really hurt! Who throws his shoe? Honestly!"
Lol, a person who regards it as the highest insult he can give, thats who. See how many people beat the toppled Saddam statue with their shoes. If I recall sitting with the soles of your feet/shoes pointing at someone is also highly offensive in Muslim countries.
Funny shit though - not really a bad punishment considering.
He was quoting Austin Powers. It's supposed to be a big insult with shoes being "unclean" or something like that.
You fight like a woman!
- tejastech08
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I loved how Bush didn't miss a beat... "in case anyone is wondering it was a size 10". He should've added - "and as for the shoe... uhh"
I'm gonna miss that guy.
LOL I agree. He's pretty amusing isn't he? 
Re: Shoes Thrown At Bush
Yeah, funny thing is most Americans and the rest of the world didn't even notice.
That's how much we care. Not trying to be an asshole, but the only ones keeping score of their "insults" are them.
Did anyone notice that Iraqi Prime Minster (guessing?) next to Bush, tried to slap the second one out of the way?
What is the implication here...that no one cares how the common Iraqi people think because the big bad western world has the biggest balls of them all?
