Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip

[gaurav_indian]

Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip

President Bush ducks as the shoes are thrown

A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference.

An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor by security guards after he called Mr Bush "a dog" and threw his footwear, just missing the president.

The soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.

During the trip, Mr Bush and Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki signed the new security agreement between their countries.

The pact calls for US troops to leave Iraq in 2011 - eight years after the 2003 invasion that has in part defined the Bush presidency.

Speaking just over five weeks before he hands over power to Barack Obama, Mr Bush also said the war in Iraq was not over and more work remained to be done.

His previously unannounced visit came a day after US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told US troops the Iraq mission was in its "endgame".

Watch the video here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7782422.stm

youtube link : - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=QPGcP8KDXYw

[amitash]

Too bad he didnt throw a bomb

[freshseasons]

A picture is more than thousand words.Can't say anything but that it was coming and deserved.

[gxsaurav]

Finally, someone had the guts to do it.

[Kl@w-24]

I just saw it in the news on NDTV India. I must commend the assailant for his aim.

[iNFiNiTE]

^^ Maybe he practiced a lot before the final throw.

"It's a sign of a free society." This is how US President George W Bush described the "humiliating" incident in which a Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at him in Baghdad.


Bush said he has seen a lot of weird things during his eight-year-long Presidency and that he would term the latest incident as "one of the weirdest".

The scribe threw two shoes at the President -- one after another -- during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday.

"And it was amusing. I mean, I've seen a lot of weird things during my presidency and this may rank up there as one of the weirdest. So this happens and it's a sign of a free society," Bush said.

"But I'm not insulted. I don't hold it against the government. I don't think the Iraqi press corps as a whole is terrible. And so, the guy wanted to get on TV and he did. I don't know what his beef is. But whatever it is I'm sure somebody will hear it," the US President told ABC channel in Iraq.......

ROFL

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[ico]

[Anorion]

Lol @amitash
Waste of a shoe.

[Faun]

lol...happy feet
Must have planned and practiced it before.

Thats why you were free to fcuk up free society and cause atrocious crimes.

[nix]

^^do you think iraq was free before bush?? . i think you fail to realise the atrocities that saddam commited. the iraq war was bad for america. but it was good for iraqis. they are free. they ought to be grateful. and coming to atrocities...every countries does them. did you forget our big neighbour??

the guy who threw the shoe is an idiot. do you guys know how bad saddam was? how he executed 1000's of ppl with chemical weapons??. bush is doing a favor for iraq by freeing them from the clutches of a dictator.

[Faun]

^^it was an overkill.

Do you know how many innocent people suffered and women got raped by soldiers ?
Why does US has to poke its fingers everywhere ?

[azaad_shri75]

what did he prove, apna khundas nikhaal hai kya

[confused]

2nd pic reminds me of snatch.....
"....you put on a stupid face....and your life doesn't flash before your eyes, cause your too ****in' scared to think.....:

Turkish: Have you ever crossed the road, and looked the wrong way? A car's nearly on you? So what do you do? Something very silly. You freeze. Your life doesn't flash before you, 'cause you're too ****in' scared to think - you just freeze and pull a stupid face. But the pikey didn't. Why? Because he had plans of running the car over.

[NucleusKore]

LOL man it's funny

[thewisecrab]

Those shoes will be worth more than the golden boot now

[NucleusKore]

Update:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7783608.stm

Thousands of Iraqis have demanded the release of a local TV reporter who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush at a Baghdad news conference.

Crowds gathered in Baghdad's Sadr City district, calling for "hero" Muntadar al-Zaidi to be freed from custody.

Officials at the Iraqi-owned TV station, al-Baghdadiya, called for the release of their journalist, saying he was exercising freedom of expression.

Iraqi officials have described the incident as shameful.

Read On........

[nix]

Originally Posted by T159

^^it was an overkill.

Do you know how many innocent people suffered and women got raped by soldiers ?
Why does US has to poke its fingers everywhere ?

well those are isolated cases. ppl tend to magnify some things. and those who do that are brought to justice. its a highly disciplined and organized army.

regarding US "poke its fingers", let me ask you, if you see human rights abuses happening anywhere, will you just stand and watch?

[NIGHTMARE]

wat happen to that guy

[NucleusKore]

Hope he's released. By the way, the US pokes it's nose only where there's oil, else they would have ousted Robert Mugabe long back.

[MetalheadGautham]

^^+1

intresting observation.

[Hitboxx]

And now you got a game for it.

http://kotaku.com/5110547/shoe-attac...ppy-flash-game

[Faun]

Originally Posted by nix

well those are isolated cases. ppl tend to magnify some things. and those who do that are brought to justice. its a highly disciplined and organized army.

regarding US "poke its fingers", let me ask you, if you see human rights abuses happening anywhere, will you just stand and watch?

Lol...then why do we have dummy UN
And beside that I have never seen US taking interest in our salvation Why don't send in some troops to Pakistan and get the scum cleared up. Why Pakistan get an upperhand everytime it runs to mummy RIce :/

You know they don't do things for free, they got paid for what they did.

[red_devil]

agree with T.

@nix -- mate lifes not a fairytale...nobody goes on to help others unless there is no profit..

India apparently prepared for air strikes... and soon enough mummy(Condy Rice) comes out to save her kids (pakis)... why ?? cos its through pak that all the supplies reach to the US forces in Afghanistan ..if India attacks pak and pak shuts down all the routes to Afghanistan, then US is fcked up !!

[nix]

Originally Posted by NucleusKore

Hope he's released. By the way, the US pokes it's nose only where there's oil, else they would have ousted Robert Mugabe long back.

US is not in iraq for oil. they have not taken any oil. there is no reliable news source that says US stole iraqi oil. they disarmed a dangerous man, they installed democracy, the country is becoming stable and terrorists are being controlled. the US will leave behind a safer, stabler iraq.

you cant expect US to do everything.. we gotta take some responsibility too. and its not easy to overthrow a govt, unless military force is used, which they dont want to. they are imposing sanctions. they are taking steps.. but again, we gotta contribute too.

Originally Posted by T159

Lol...then why do we have dummy UN
And beside that I have never seen US taking interest in our salvation Why don't send in some troops to Pakistan and get the scum cleared up. Why Pakistan get an upperhand everytime it runs to mummy RIce :/

You know they don't do things for free, they got paid for what they did.

we gotta save our own a**. we put ourself in this position with pakistan. from the time we got independence, we have always been submissive. we let them have nukes... our biggest blunder.

india and china were almost equal, then they got ahead. look now, US wont mess with them. so ultimately we have only ourself to blame

[thewisecrab]

Originally Posted by nix

US is not in iraq for oil. they have not taken any oil. there is no reliable news source that says US stole iraqi oil. they disarmed a dangerous man, they installed democracy, the country is becoming stable and terrorists are being controlled. the US will leave behind a safer, stabler iraq.

US attacked Iraq under the pretext of Iraq having Weapons of Mass Destruction but in reality. wanted to oust Hussien (as US has already had bad relations with the Middle East) and of course, oil.

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by nix

US is not in iraq for oil. they have not taken any oil. there is no reliable news source that says US stole iraqi oil. they disarmed a dangerous man, they installed democracy, the country is becoming stable and terrorists are being controlled. the US will leave behind a safer, stabler iraq.

It's all about OIL. They left Saddam in place after the Gulf War to have a balance with Iran, and could not break him with sanctions and everything else, so this was their next logical step.

[NIGHTMARE]

latest news that shoes r Chinese and both r different size

[azaad_shri75]

so lion of bollywood cinema.

[Faun]

Shoe thrower 'beaten in custody' :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/7785338.stm

Dargham al-Zaidi told the BBC that his brother deliberately bought Iraqi-made shoes, which were dark brown with laces. They were bought from a shop on al-Khyam street, a well-known shopping street in central Baghdad.

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Originally Posted by NucleusKore

It's all about OIL. They left Saddam in place after the Gulf War to have a balance with Iran, and could not break him with sanctions and everything else, so this was their next logical step.

Watch Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)