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Welcome to Baghdad. An Iraqi reporter set off pandemonium Sunday by hurling two shoes at President Bush during a news conference that was the centerpiece of his secret goodbye visit. Bush was cool ...
Bush's lighthearted air spurred Iraqi to toss his shoes, journalist tells court in plea for clemency
A witness from Maliki's office recounted the moment, witnessed on TV screens around the world, when Zaidi took off his shoes and hurled them at Bush, shouting: "This is your farewell kiss ...
The Times’ Dec. 16 editorial, “Bush’s shoe toss,” takes an appropriate and interesting look at the “history of footwear and politics” and the reactions by President Bush and the Iraqis ...
It's that cultural significance that added real sting to the assault by an Iraqi journalist against US President George W Bush at a Baghdad news conference on 15 December. In Arab culture it's ...
Bush spoke with ABC News' Martha Raddatz Sunday following an incident in which an Iraqi reporter threw two shoes at the president. Bush told Raddatz he wasn't insulted by the shoe-throwing ...
Almost a decade after sparking an international diplomatic incident by throwing his shoes at former US President George W. Bush in Baghdad, Muntadhar al-Zaidi is planning a political career of his ...
The Iraqi journalist who tossed his shoes at President George W. Bush missed the commander in chief, but he scored a direct hit on the web zeitgeist. The incident, in which reporter Muntadar al ...
Iraqis have literally given former President Bush the boot. A sofa-sized shoe monument was unveiled today in Tikrit – the hometown of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein – in honor of the ...
In the shoe-throwing matter of George Bush vs. Muntader al-Zaidi, there are many questions. Where was the Secret Service? Is this a sign that the freedom Bush wanted to bring to Iraq is flourishing?
Within a second, his second shoe came flying, followed by the words: “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq." Mr Bush was able to dodge the leather projectiles ...
While Mr. Bush may have hoped for better security conditions across the country, at least nobody threw shoes at him. His audience in Iraq on Sunday wasn't as gracious. As the President spoke ...
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