Monday, December 15, 2008

At last: Voila the Bushoe !


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“This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog.”


BAGHDAD — An Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President Bush and called him a dog became a huge celebrity in the Arab world and beyond on Monday, with many supporters exalting him for what they called a courageous act in the face of American arrogance about the war
Shoe-Hurling Iraqi Becomes a Folk Hero - NYTimes.com.Podcast: An Account of the Shoe-Throwing Incident - Baghdad Bureau Blog - NYTimes.com

Wafa Khayat, 48, a doctor in the West Bank town of Nablus, called the attack "a message to Bush and all the U.S. policy makers that they have to stop killing and humiliating people."

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