As far as I knew, this journalist was kidnapped and tortured one year ago. Is that correct?
Thank you in advance. Peace and best wishes. Xi On Dec 15, 1:29 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > News > Send to friend | Print version > President George W BushDecember 15, 2008, 1:37 > > President George W. Bush has received some interesting, if not altogether > positive, feedback at a news conference in Iraq. Bush was giving his views on > the progress of the war in the country when an Iraqi journalist threw both > his shoes at him. > > Bush, who was making a surprise visit to Iraq, was at the joint news > conference with President Nouri al-Maliki to mark the signing of the US-Iraq > security pact. > > The outgoing president had just finished saying that the war was not over but > was "on its way to being won" when the journalist stood up and threw his > shoe. Bush managed to duck out of the way, and when the second shoe came he > ducked again. > > Muthathar al Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, was wrestled to the ground but not > before expressing his opinion verbally as well. > > "This is a goodbye kiss, you dog," said Zaidi. > > Bush even managed to joke about the attack. > > "All I can report is a size 10," said the president. > > In Iraqi culture, throwing a shoe is a sign of contempt. Iraqis beat the > toppled statue of Saddam with their shoes in 2003. > > President Bush did not seem to fully comprehend the meaning of the shoe. > > "So what if a guy threw his shoe at me?" he said. > http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34748 > > Vidio Links:http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/34748/video > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ======= > > S1000+ > > ======= --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
