In the words of Tony Montana, "How jou like THAT, Eh?"
Posted on 09/18/2009 7:53:55 PM PDT by smokingfrog
American troops have shot and wounded an Iraqi man who hurled a slipper at a military convoy in the former insurgent stronghold of Falluja. A joint patrol of US and Iraqi troops is believed to have mistaken the flying shoe for a grenade.
A statement from the US military said that during a patrol on Wednesday an "object" was thrown at the troops, who then fired "in self-defence, wounding the attacker".
US troops gave the man, Ahmed al-Jumaili, first aid before he was taken to hospital by Iraqi police. He was in a stable condition after being treated for a chest wound and two bullet grazes.
The incident came just a day after the release from prison of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush.
Jumaili, a 30-year-old mechanic, said he threw his leather slipper in a knee-jerk reaction. "When I saw Americans patrolling the streets of Falluja I lost my temper, I don't want to see them in Falluja," he told the Associated Press news agency. "Troops have withdrawn from cities, so why they still patrolling here in Falluja?"
Under the US-Iraqi security agreement, American forces stopped operating on their own in cities and towns this summer but still go on joint patrols. The agreement calls for the withdrawal of American combat forces by the end of August 2010, and of all US troops before 2012.
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Don't bring a slipper to a gun fight.
For all the troops knew the thing was booby trapped. Stupid to throw ANYTHING at the troops.
Well certainly. American troops do not duck.
So there you go! A grenade will fit into a slipper perfectly.
Case closed.
Too bad they didn’t kill him. He will do other stupid things until someone does.
lol.. where is that pic of the kid from the simpsons saying ha-ha
It was a slipper? So sorry, my mistake. Here, let me help you put that stupid head back on your shoulders, so I can shoot it off again.
Guess they oughtta keep their funky slippers on their funky feets.
In the words of Tony Montana, "How jou like THAT, Eh?"
There are some smelly feet in that part of the world. I’d log it as a failed CBR attack.
“People that live in muslim countries, should not throw slippers at well armed americans. “
1000 yrs from now, muslim ladies will tell their children that “moral of the story” and the kids will have no clue what heck mom is talking about.
Aw, ya saved the best for first. ;’)
He must have forgotten it was still a combat zone.
He’ll just have to try again for his Darwin Award...
It wasn’t a shoe, I wasn’t an adult, and it wasn’t a bunch of Marines, but from some event that was sort of similar that I was involved in, I’d bet that he has learned his lesson.
Harrison Ford said that that scene was spur of the moment. He was fighting the flu (or a real bad cold?) and on that day of filming he was supposed to actually choreograph a fight with the guy but he felt so sick he just pulled out his gun and shot. The other guy played along, everybody laughed, and that’s the way it went into the film.
The Gaurdian is writing garbage.
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