George W. Bush sure knows how to duck. The outgoing US president made an unannounced farewell visit to Iraq today. During a press conference, an Arab journalist threw two size 10 shoes at him and shouted (translated into english & according to New York Times) – “This is a farewell kiss, dog,”.
That is some farewell, aint it? The shoe thrower has been identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi. He is a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television and is based in Egypt. Security officials grabbed Zeidi and took him out of the press conference.
Video of the shoe throwing and ducking incident
Here are some pictures of the show throwing incident:
President Bush Ducking The Shoe Missile
Al-Baghdadia Journalist Muntadar-Al-Zeidi Throwing The Shoes
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The First Stone?
Boy! I am so impressed with our President’s cat-like reflexes.
Well I am proud of Bush in his age so good reflexes. It is so sad the fact that in my country Albania when he came this year 2008 to visite all albanians respected and loved him with flowers and best army parades, but in Iraq he gets thrown and we all know how much money he spended to bring peace to Iraq.
Bush is a real Gantleman.
“how much money he spended to bring peace to Iraq “uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh Niki plz give me a break
i am socking don’t u watching TV 2 bring peaceeeeeeeee
u mean how much money he spent 2 kill people and destroy the country
i played baseball foe 5 years..that guy should have let me throw the shoe i wouldnt have missed lol
the motherfucking bush pig deserves this i WILL praise that young man who did throw the slippers at the cheebai asso.
thx young man u gave him wat he deserves, god bless you and you may live a vry happy life,
BUG OFF U M***** F****** BUSH IDOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU DESREVE THIS U FK BUSH! YOU WILL HAV MORE OF THIS IN FUTURE
JUST JUST WAIT N C! U BANGLAH BASTARD
THE CHEEBAI MCCAIN WILL NOT WIN THIS ELECTION EVER N NEVER IN HIS/ YOUR LIFE TIME ,
IF I HAV A CHANCE I WOULD THROW MILLIONS OF SLIPPERS AT THAT SHITTED BUSH FACE< U JUS DESERVE THIS U FKER
Well, I would just like to inform everyone here that, sadly, Muntadhar al-Zeidi (guy who threw the shoes) was sentenced three years in prison today for assaulting a foreign minister.
That makes me sad.
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