Iraqi journalist turns tables on shoe thrower

Yahoo/AFP ^

[nuconvert]

PARIS (AFP) - A protester who presented himself as an Iraqi journalist in exile hurled a shoe Tuesday at the colleague who one year ago found fame hurling his own footwear at then US president George W. Bush.

Television reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi was in Paris to promote his campaign for the "victims of the US occupation in Iraq" when a fellow Iraqi critic turned the tables on him, shouting: "Here's another shoe for you."

The thickset man with an Iraqi accent made a brief speech in Arabic during the question and answer session, defending US policy and accusing Zaidi of "working for dictatorship in Iraq," before throwing his shoe.

The missile was thrown hard at Zaidi's head, but he managed to dodge it and it bounced harmlessly off a curtain erected behind the speakers by the event's hosts, the Foreign Press Welcome Centre in Paris.

[nuconvert]

Good for You!

[Cicero]

This has become a matter of honor. Let’s have a shoe throw tomorrow at dawn, to the death!

[dixjea]

That is GREAT! An Iraqi who realizes what has been done for his country!

[reagan_fanatic]

LOL! Too bad it missed.

[a fool in paradise]

[a fool in paradise]

“I had a mother that would throw a shoe at you at the drop of a dime...” - Eddie Murphy

[ksm1]

This is great.

I have a feeling that Baghdad, with the natural resources surrounding it and central location in the Middle East, is going to be a Dubai in a few years, minus the recent debt crisis. Shoe-thrower (the first one) and Harry Reid are going to look very stupid in retrospect.

[nuconvert]

pong

[Freedom2specul8]

LOL Nice Graphic!

[DrDeb]

“The thickset man with an Iraqi accent made a brief speech in Arabic during the question and answer session, defending US policy and accusing Zaidi of “working for dictatorship in Iraq,” before throwing his shoe.”
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Our work in Iraq has already transformed the Middle East for the better: President George W Bush and his courageous troops deserve our undying gratitude!

[trooprally]

BTTT for a great video

[luvie]

Great news, Deb! It’s a new day for Iraq when people who want democracy can have their voice heard without reprecussions!....like horrible death!

Thank GOD for George W Bush and our troops!

[Enchante]

I don’t like to part with a shoe that I’m wearing, but I’d be happy to bean the guy hard with a baseball......

[Enchante]

I don’t like to part with a shoe that I’m wearing, but I’d be happy to bean the guy hard with a baseball......

[Tzimisce]

Wonder if this new shoe thrower will win all kinds of journalism awards and become the new media darling.

Didn’t think so.

[nuconvert]

If he said he was pro-Obama, maybe.

[STARWISE]

Suh — weet!!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!

Freedom and truth are taking hold in Iraq!!

[Slings and Arrows]

Shoes!

[Allegra]

YESSSSS!!!!

[Allegra]

That is GREAT! An Iraqi who realizes what has been done for his country!

Most of them do.

The media just tends to lionize the minority who are loyal to the late thug-dictator.