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Al-zaidi - Shoe Thrower

Court appearance for Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush

"Al-Zaidi was brought today before the investigating judge in the presence of a defence lawyer and a prosecutor," Birqadr said. "He admits the action he carried out."
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"Iraqi reporter al-Zaidi's arm, ribs broken"

Security agents have broken the arm and ribs of al-Zaidi, a reporter who hurled his shoes at Bush during a press conference Sunday in Baghdad.
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Thrower Shoe Al-zaidi

Bush brushes off shoe attack

George Bush has no hard feelings about the Iraq shoe attack, says his spokeswoman, who received a black eye in the melee.
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I wish he had better aim and actually hit Bush and hit him hard. I think the whole incident has been blown way out of proportion.

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Thrower Shoe Al-zaidi

KNtoran I can see you have an extra special love for Bush. I was amazed at how long they took to get to this guy. Could you imagine if he had another kind of weapon, we would have been talking about Bush's funeral. Whomever is security chief over that conference is likely to have his 'stripes' taken.

Thrower Shoe Al-zaidi

Throwing Shoes

It's a cultural message that's among the lowest forms of insult in Iraq, but that was lost in translation for many Americans, who instead -- for whatever reason and regardless of political persuasion -- found humor in the pair of Size 10s that an Iraqi journalist managed to hurl at President George W. Bush before being pulled down. Needless to say, pop culture swooned, as ABC News correspondent David Wright reports.
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Al-zaidi - Shoe Thrower

Shoe-thrower sorry for 'ugly act'

Dhargham al-Zaidi, the journalist's brother, questioned whether the statement was genuine.
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Al-zaidi Shoe Thrower

What really gets me is now they have developed a game you can play on the internet throwing your shoes at Bush.

Yeah I have no love for the man but someone needs to tell him how much he was insulted by having a shoe thrown at him. Maybe then he would not think it was as funny.

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I find it sooo funny that people are putting up stuff like that about the incident. I saw an animated gif someone made of Neo from The Matrix dodging bullets, but the image had George Bush's head on Neo's body and the bullets were shoes. I almost hurt myself laughing. It was more funny that someone would take the time to make something like that.