Actually, I never really bought that, even when it was first pitched to us re "Shock and Awe aftermath."
And now, perhaps the final word, from the "American occupied" adoring fans:
Arabs Hail Shoe-Hurling Journalist
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and OMAR SINAN
,
AP
BAGHDAD (Dec. 15) - Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand the release of a reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, as Arabs across many parts of the Middle East hailed the journalist as a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. president.
The protests came as suicide bombers and gunmen targeted Iraqi police, U.S.-allied Sunni guards and civilians in a series of attacks Monday that killed at least 17 people and wounded more than a dozen others, officials said.
Journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who was kidnapped by militants last year, was being held by Iraqi security Monday and interrogated about whether anybody paid him to throw his shoes at Bush during a press conference the previous day in Baghdad, said an Iraqi official.
He was also being tested for alcohol and drugs, and his shoes were being held as evidence, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
Showing the sole of your shoe to someone in the Arab world is a sign of extreme disrespect, and throwing your shoes is even worse.
Newspapers across the Arab world on Monday printed front-page photos of Bush ducking the flying shoes, and satellite TV stations repeatedly aired the incident, which provided fodder for jokes and was hailed by the president's many critics in the region.
"Iraq considers Sunday as the international day for shoes," said a joking text message circulating around the Saudi capital Riyadh.
(end of AP article)
(wonder if there's been a bail set for those shoes yet...) Cracked me up: "being held as evidence" LOL. Hey, the guy was recently kidnapped and held by terrorists, for crying out loud. Is testing for drugs and alcohol really necessary to figure this dude's psyche out?
-- Edited by Nightowlhoot3 at 09:50, 2008-12-15
Perfect, so they took to the streets and killed themselves. WTG. <eyeroll>. That'll show that Dubya a thing or two. Yeah, right they're capable of running their own country. But really? Is it any of our business to really care anymore. We were wrong to go in, yet we're never going to convince a suicide bomber that there's a better way. Duh, we're a little, well, busy with our own shyt here and right now.
Actually, I never really bought that, even when it was first pitched to us re "Shock and Awe aftermath."
And now, perhaps the final word, from the "American occupied" adoring fans:
Arabs Hail Shoe-Hurling Journalist
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and OMAR SINAN
,
AP
BAGHDAD (Dec. 15) - Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand the release of a reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, as Arabs across many parts of the Middle East hailed the journalist as a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. president.
The protests came as suicide bombers and gunmen targeted Iraqi police, U.S.-allied Sunni guards and civilians in a series of attacks Monday that killed at least 17 people and wounded more than a dozen others, officials said.
Journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who was kidnapped by militants last year, was being held by Iraqi security Monday and interrogated about whether anybody paid him to throw his shoes at Bush during a press conference the previous day in Baghdad, said an Iraqi official.
He was also being tested for alcohol and drugs, and his shoes were being held as evidence, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
Showing the sole of your shoe to someone in the Arab world is a sign of extreme disrespect, and throwing your shoes is even worse.
Newspapers across the Arab world on Monday printed front-page photos of Bush ducking the flying shoes, and satellite TV stations repeatedly aired the incident, which provided fodder for jokes and was hailed by the president's many critics in the region.
"Iraq considers Sunday as the international day for shoes," said a joking text message circulating around the Saudi capital Riyadh.
(end of AP article)
(wonder if there's been a bail set for those shoes yet...) Cracked me up: "being held as evidence" LOL. Hey, the guy was recently kidnapped and held by terrorists, for crying out loud. Is testing for drugs and alcohol really necessary to figure this dude's psyche out?
