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Bush gets shoes thrown at him
Topic Started: Dec 14 2008, 09:54 PM (227 Views)
Heather
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:lol:

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KABUL, Afghanistan – On a whirlwind trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the wars that define his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference in Iraq.

"This is your farewell kiss, you dog!" shouted the protester in Arabic, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt. "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."

Bush ducked both shoes as they whizzed past his head and landed with a thud against the wall behind him.

"It was a size 10," Bush joked later.

The U.S. president visited the Iraqi capital just 37 days before he hands the war off to his successor, Barack Obama, who has pledged to end it. The president wanted to highlight a drop in violence and to celebrate a recent U.S.-Iraq security agreement, which calls for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011.

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Corwin8
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Panic, Chaos, Disorder....My work here is done.
I guess no Secret Service guys wanted to jump in front of that shoe to protect GWB.

Crack security detail.

:evil: :youdork: :lol:

Jack Sparrow: "Did no one come to save me just because they missed me?"

Jack Sparrow: "Why should I sail with any of you? Four of you have tried to kill me in the past."
[looks at Elizabeth]
Jack Sparrow: "One of you succeeded."

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Let the bridges I burn light the way.
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wissaboo
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He ducked pretty well though.
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Kosh131
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Would this guy have been able to throw a shoe at Saddam and live to tell about it?
Understanding is a three-edged sword.
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