Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush asks for pardon

Associated Press Writer ^ | Dec 18 10:20 AM US/Eastern | By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

[Mr. K]

BAGHDAD (AP) - A spokesman for Iraq's prime minister says the journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush has asked for a pardon. Spokesman Yassin Majid says that in a letter sent Thursday to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the journalist described his behavior as "an ugly act" and asked to be pardoned. Majid says that Muntadhar al-Zeidi in the letter recalls the kindness the prime minister once showed him during an interview in 2005 and asked for al-Maliki to show him kindness once again. Al-Zeidi, a correspondent for an Iraqi-owned television station based in Cairo, Egypt, could face two years imprisonment for insulting a foreign leader. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[Mr. K]

If they pardon him we should immediately remove all forces.

I raqi's should be DOWN ON THEIR KNEES ASKING FORGIVENESS FOR THIS LUNATICS ACTIONS and THAKNING US FOR SAVING THEM FROM SoDamn Hinsane

[Military family member]

What punishment does the Koran suggest for throwing shoes at a powerful leader?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

TOUGH SHI.....uh, I mean ‘tough shoe’!

[Dr. Thorne]

Loafer.

[BenLurkin]

This guy was probably one of the millions who danced in the streets of the Middle East on 9/11 celebrating the destruction of the World Trade Center.

[JFC]

I beg his PARDON!!!!!!!!!

[highpockets]

The request is not genuine.

This shoe thrower will spend the rest of his life as a hero to Allah.

He will be an honored guest at every mosque. This pardon is for the west. The muslims love what he did.

[Verginius Rufus]

If he danced in the streets in 2001, it may have been on Saddam's orders. If not for the US invasion, he could have been one of Saddam's victims by now, but that doesn't enter his head.

He needs a pardon so he can come to the US to host his nightly show on MSNBC.

[Psycho_Bunny]

If the powerful leader isn't a muslim, a muslim can do whatever they want with impunity.

Islam is a form of Satanism.

[marron]

Muntadhar al-Zeidi in the letter recalls the kindness the prime minister once showed him during an interview in 2005 and asked for al-Maliki to show him kindness once again.

It isn't Maliki he offended. Its Bush and the United States. So unless he is prepared to ask us for forgiveness, its meaningless.

Two years in prison is silly. A month or two waiting for trial is about right.

[Slings and Arrows]

Unlike Saddam, be merciful to him: Feed him head-first into a fast plastic shredder.

[almcbean]

“I’ve done a lot of “sole” searching and I’d really like to “heel” my rift with the President”

[VanillaBlizzard]

Bush should just throw a shoe at this guy....

[norton]

Fox news showed some pictures of the thrower's home (?), including a portrait of Che.
Within days of the shoe throwing there is rumor of a coup, planned, thwarted, or carried out, in Baghdad.
Barry dismissed the importance of Iraq throughout his campaign and I'm sure his overseas cousins took due note.
Oh, yeah...wagging the dog might be an apt response to current Illinois political currents.

I'm wondering if Biden's "engineered crisis" is shaping up already.

[elpadre]

“...a correspondent for an Iraqi-owned television station..”

who else owns television stations over there?? I thought all Islamic countries own all the stations.

[woollyone]

flip-flop-er

[domenad]

Pardon the guy, get over it. Show that the US is bigger than a guy throwing a shoe. We did it once already (Khruschev).

[pogo101]

Sentenced to house arrest and a 2-year job at Lady Foot Locker. He has to wear that referee shirt, too.

[pogo101]

I’m with you, or at least, Bush should publicly ASK that shoe-moron not be prosecuted.

I’m tempted to suggest that Bush add, derisively, a la Austin Powers, “Who throws a shoe? Honestly. He fights like a woman.”