Sunday, December 14, 2008

Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes at Bush

UPPERISTDATE: Dennis Prager nails it. It's easy to throw a shoe at a world leader from and in a free and democratic story. Try throwing a shoe at the dictator in Egypt in downtown Cairo.
"Can you imagine if he threw his shoes at an Arab leader? He’d be dead by the end of the day."
UPPERDATE: Sudanese Thinker has a YouTube video of the incident, and Sandmonkey weighs in and reports on a day in the life of everyday Egypt.



UPDATE: From an Iraqi commenter at Talisman Gate:
"Nibras, only today I knew why Arab leaders don't come to Iraq. Do you think one day an Iraqi journalist will be able to throw his shoes on Gadaffi for example? If such thing happened, it will be the best day of my life."

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"The man did not have his tongue cut out, did not have his arms broke and was not thrown off a roof."

Things are done differently now in Iraq.









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5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who throws a shoe man? A shoe?? Was that the henchmen from Austin powers???

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December 14, 2008 11:33 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In Iraq Mberenis - throwing a Shoe is a sign of Contempt.

He was not slaughtered as many/majority agree with him.

Obama may bring a new but temporary wind in.

December 15, 2008 3:57 pm  
Blogger Louise said...

He was not slaughtered because, unlike in most of the neighbouring Arab countries, there is no longer a tyrant in charge who would have cut his tongue out, or broke his arms, or thrown him off a roof. Watch the YouTube videos for a taste of what life was like under Saddam Hussein and take a look at this one for an example of state administered brutality in Egypt. Watch some of the TV broadcasts originating in Arab countries to see what passes for "journalism".

The man who maintains the Talisman Gate blog has a better take on this, if you ask me.

December 15, 2008 6:49 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Louise - it is reported in the press today that HE HAS been beaten badly and has broken ribs and hand.

December 16, 2008 8:36 am  
Blogger Louise said...

Here's a link to a story that puts that claim into perspective.

Iraq to probe "custody abuse" of Bush assailant

Note the following passage:

"Durgham Zaidi was unable to say whether Muntazer had sustained the injuries while being overpowered during Sunday's protest against Bush's visit to Baghdad or while in custody later."

Add to that the fact that the guy is a strong supporter of Muqtada as Sadr, one of the principal agents for fomenting Shia militias supported by Iran, PLUS the fact that over and over and over again the mainstream media has fallen for fictitious stories cooked up by opponents of Iraq's democracy, you might appreciate why I'm more than a little skeptical.

December 16, 2008 7:11 pm  

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