Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at American 'Terrorist' President Bush
14-12-08
An Iraqi journalist hurled his
shoes and an insult at George W. Bush, without hitting him, as the US president
was shaking hands with the Iraqi premier at his Baghdad office on Sunday. As the
two leaders met in Nuri al-Maliki's private office, a journalist sitting in the
third row jumped up, shouting: "It is the farewell kiss, you dog," and threw his
shoes one after the other towards Bush. Maliki made a protective gesture towards
the US president, who ducked and was not hit.
The journalist, Muntazer al-Zaidi from Al-Baghdadia channel which broadcasts
from Cairo, was frogmarched from the room by security staff, an. Soles of shoes
are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.