Shoes hurled at President Bush
"President Bush ducked out of harm's way when a reporter threw his shoes at him during his farewell trip to Iraq.
The man, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Iraqi-owned Al-Baghdadiya television based in Egypt, shouted "this is the end" as he hurled them at the American leader.
The moment was captured from different camera angles and shows the president's reaction afterwards."
Some story or another mentioned that slapping someone with one's shoe is culturally the ultimate disrespect over there.
ReplyDeletei read that there have been some lucrative offers to buy the thrown shoes!
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