"Why I threw the shoe," by Muntazer al-Zaidi


	"Why I threw the shoe," by Muntazer al-Zaidi

enbar

9-18-2009 5:06 PM

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bush, iraq, opinion, violence, war

enbar says:

From the piece: "When I threw the shoe in the face of the criminal, George Bush, I wanted to express my rejection of his lies, his occupation of my country, my rejection of his killing my people. My rejection of his plundering the wealth of my country, and destroying its infrastructure. And casting out its sons into a diaspora."

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9-18-2009 6:29 PM

rougy44

Great article. Thanks!

9-19-2009 4:55 AM

Antara

Did he ever throw a shoe at Saddam?

9-19-2009 9:04 AM

enbar

Of course not. Did you actually read the clip?

9-19-2009 12:03 PM

citizenbfk

Good clip.

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