Thread: TOO BAD HE MISSED

We could have used him during the campaign…Karim the cobbler! :P

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From Times UK

However, Iraqi officials and another brother have denied that the journalist suffered severe injuries after he was wrestled to the floor after throwing the shoes during a press conference by Mr. Bush in Baghdad on Sunday.

The reporter shouted in Arabic: "This is your farewell kiss, you dog''.
In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of deep contempt.

Al-Zaidi is being held for allegedly insulting a foreign leader, a charge that carries a maximum of two years in prison.

He has been hailed as a hero by some after his action against the US President, who ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq, triggered anti-US demonstrations being staged in Baghdad and the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf.
The Iraqi Government, however, branded al-Zaidi's actions as "shameful" and demanded an apology from his employer Al-Baghdadia Television, which in turn was calling for his immediate release from custody.
Thousands of Iraqis, both Sunni and Shia, took part in a second day of street protests today demanding Mr Zaidi’s release and hailing him a national hero. In Mosul, Iraq’s third largest city, north of Baghdad, an estimated 1,000 protesters carried banners and chanted slogans in his support.

Some comments:

Dan, Wimbledon, England
I'm only an American. A free, healthy, educated, capitalist, generous, charitable, and thankful American. What do I know? Except this....Even an idiot knows not to throw objects at a Heads of State. It threatens a nations security. What was he thinking? Charge him with assualt.
,Dear America
The Vietnamese didn't want your "freedom", the people of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Chile didn't want your "freedom", Cubans don't want your "freedom" and neither do the people of Iraq.
When are you going to learn?
Jacinda, London, UK
After he threw his shoes, his throwing arm was likely twisted behind him and he was thrown to the ground, likely injuring him. This was a normal 'takedown' move as done by law officers the world over and sometimes minor injuries result. Charge him with assault.
Raj, Nairobi, Kenya
Bush tell them to let him go. On a side note, let's not throw around the "hero" title so easily like that. And, how in the world did Bush dodge those shoes? He really gets away with everything.
London, UK
Hero indeed, you have sullied the word with your diluted logic. When you celebrate mediocrity and insanity and even dysfunction as excellence, you lower the bar for us all. The man was probably paid. These people in Iraq don't even recognize that they have been removed from under Sadam's thumb.
Paul, Indianapolis, United States
Does anyone know if he got his shoes back?
Sally, virginia, u.s.a.
Saddam would have thrown the shoe-thrower into the famed industrial plastic shredder.

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