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George Bush Avenue (by an Iraqi =shoe throwing incident)
Talisman Gate ^ | 12-14-08 | Nibras Kazimi

Posted on 12/14/2008 9:07:06 PM PST by STARWISE

I think quite a number of Iraqis were embarassed by how their guest got treated today. Personally, I got angry. Very angry.

I will make a public promise:

should I ever run into a certain reporter called Muntather al-Zaidi, presently of Al-Baghdadia TV,

I will seriously consider beating the crap out of him.

If I am successful in bringing him down, then my coup de grace shall be to take one of his shoes, preferably the one on the right, and stuff it in his mouth. I know that will be illegal.

I am willing to face all the legal consequences, and the tribal ones too. But as I said, I will give it serious consideration.

And should it come to light that someone had put him up to it, paid him or cajoled him into doing it, then they too will get the same treatment. I'm not cut out to be a thug, but I will try anyway.

See, I will forever remain indebted to President George W. Bush.

He is my hero. He liberated Iraq, and that's how I will always see it.

Had there been no President Bush, then Saddam would still be Saddam.

The usual suspects are ecstatic over what happened, especially the US-based media and Iraq-watchers.

I would like to beat them all up too, but I think that would be a tad bit excessive. The best revenge is to make them watch Iraq's democracy strengthen and prosper.

Today's images gave them a temporary high; a new Iraq, free and democratic, something they believed would never happen, will gnaw at their insides for the rest of their lives.

I'll settle for that.

Give it twenty years or so, but a main thoroughfare in Baghdad will be called George Bush Avenue. Or maybe that's just the name of my driveway. Anyway, there will be a big sign and all.

In the meantime, the progeny and immediate family of Muntather al-Zaidi will have a new tribal classification: the Albu Ni'alaan (ألبو نعلان), of the Bani Qanadir (بنو قنادر).

posted by Nibras Kazimi نبراس الكاظمي at 2:03 PM


TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: barkingshoebat; greenzone; heroes; iraq; presbush; presidentbush; surprisevisit; usmilitary; wot
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To: Verginius Rufus

Very good question. The motto “Bite the hands that feeds you” applies here.


21 posted on 12/14/2008 10:39:53 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson)
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To: STARWISE

I read a couple of threads on DU, and for the most part, the responses to the incident are what you’d expect. However, several posters, were appalled that the security wasn’t better. That, also, was the first thing my husband noted. Why was the guy not surrounded by Secret Service after the first shoe was thrown, he was allowed to get off a second throw. It just seems the security was really lax, and this was also noted, in disgust, by some dems on the liberal boards.


22 posted on 12/14/2008 10:41:40 PM PST by Dawn531
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To: missnry

What an ugly idiot! Look at that mouth! Crazy!


23 posted on 12/15/2008 3:50:44 AM PST by jaycee ("God's love still stands when all else has fallen.")
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To: STARWISE
“If I am successful in bringing him down, then my coup de grace shall be to take one of his shoes, preferably the one on the right, and stuff it in his mouth. I know that will be illegal.”

I was thinking in terms of his other orifice. My only hope is that he was lead out of the room for a beat down he won't soon forget.

24 posted on 12/15/2008 4:01:52 AM PST by RU88 (The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
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To: citizencon

The assailant and the attack were PRAISED on NBC last night,
with the reporters noting he was a “REPORTER” and therefore
it was OK, and laudable.


25 posted on 12/15/2008 4:15:46 AM PST by Diogenesis
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To: Diogenesis

REPORTER”= POS


26 posted on 12/15/2008 4:58:51 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: STARWISE

It transalte to: “ God damn the sons of pigs”.


27 posted on 12/15/2008 5:03:19 AM PST by jveritas (God Bless President Bush and our brave troops)
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To: jveritas

It translates to: “ God damn the sons of pigs”.


28 posted on 12/15/2008 5:11:36 AM PST by jveritas (God Bless President Bush and our brave troops)
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To: STARWISE
HOORAY for نبراس الكاظمي!!!!
29 posted on 12/15/2008 5:23:05 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: STARWISE

THANK YOU for posting the commentary and video — AWESOME!


30 posted on 12/15/2008 5:53:20 AM PST by DrDeb
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To: jveritas

Oh .. ok ... thank you .. ;)


31 posted on 12/15/2008 6:12:50 AM PST by STARWISE ((They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: Vaduz

Yes, he was probably put up to it by one our MSM traitors.


32 posted on 12/15/2008 6:33:58 AM PST by NellieMae (Here...... common sense,common sense,common sense,where'd ya go... common sense......)
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To: STARWISE
Thanks for the ping, STAR...

Also, take a look at how President Bush waves off the SS coming at him from the side (to protect him) ...all while staring straight ahead. Never breaking his focus!

It's not what happens to you, IT'S HOW YOU REACT TO IT...

God Bless President Bush - WE ARE SO PROUD YOU ARE OUR PRESIDENT!

33 posted on 12/15/2008 7:39:16 AM PST by NordP (PALIN POWER: She's Reagan in heels, Teddy Roosevelt in a dress & like Rummy at a press conference!)
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To: jaycee
What an ugly idiot! Look at that mouth! Crazy!

for the record... that is a photoshop of Shakeel Baht's head on the perp that threw the shoe. Shakeel Baht, as you can tell, is a very angry person. (He has issues.)

34 posted on 12/15/2008 7:45:04 AM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: The Antiyuppie
What could have had a lot of propaganda value for the enemy, now has a lot of propaganda value for democracy. It couldn’t have turned out better. I wonder how the Arab press will cover it (if at all, ha ha).

I saw an Iraqi media person talking about the situation. He said that he wasn't sure what would happen to the shoe-thrower. They don't have a law specific to that but he imagines it will be much better than it was prior to the liberation. Under Saddam, the penalty for insulting him or his guests was death.
35 posted on 12/15/2008 7:46:10 AM PST by philled ("I prefer messy democracy to the stability of tyrants." -- Howar Ziad, Iraqi Ambassador to Canada)
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To: STARWISE

can we see this in a AP article?


36 posted on 12/15/2008 7:48:27 AM PST by woofie
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To: jveritas
“It translates to: “ God damn the sons of pigs”.”

Thank you for translating that for us. I appreciate all the translating work you have done for FR & the USA over the past several years. Even this tiny bit.

WRM, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)

37 posted on 12/15/2008 8:15:38 AM PST by Old Student (We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
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To: NordP

Can’t you just see Obama hauling ass backstage and screaming “racists!”


38 posted on 12/15/2008 8:18:35 AM PST by When do we get liberated? ((Ok, Im the official Pit Bull Defender/If you can't stand behind our troops, stand in front of them.)
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To: LUV W; STARWISE
Thank God there are Iraqis who “get it”! I hope he does find this man and beat the C*** outta him! :D

Most of them get it, actually. The media just doesn't want to portray that.

I think the shoe-thrower was Sadrist scum.

39 posted on 12/15/2008 8:31:43 AM PST by Allegra
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To: ReneeLynn

Your aunt isn’t the only one who suffers from BDS. There are thousands, if not millions


40 posted on 12/15/2008 8:34:24 AM PST by Kaslin
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