Bush Ducks Shoes Thrown in Iraqi Leader’s Office

Maverick · Dec 14, 2008

Bush must be becoming more and more popular -devil
Look a big fan is giving things to him, he must be standing too far away and the guards wouldn't let him near him
Some day, they will throw gold at him, but I guess this will take a while. -bigsmile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYlqc-7LfhU

Bush Ducks Shoes Thrown in Iraqi Leader’s Office

By Edwin Chen
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush ducked two shoes thrown at him by a man during a press conference in the Iraqi prime minister’s office to mark the signing of a security agreement.
Bush wasn’t hit by the shoes, which both sailed over his head after they were thrown one after the other. The president shrugged and said “I’m OK” after the incident in Baghdad today. “All I can report is it is a size 10,” Bush said afterwards.
In Arab culture, throwing shoes is a grave show of disrespect. “This is the farewell kiss, you dog,” the man shouted in Arabic.
After U.S. troops pulled down a statue of former dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraqi bystanders tossed shoes at it, according to news reports at the time. Bush said today’s incident was an example of free speech in a democracy.
The man threw the shoes from about 25 feet away as Bush, standing with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, made formal remarks before the signing of the Iraqi-U.S. agreement. Maliki tried to block the second thrown shoe as it flew toward Bush, according to video of the incident shown on television.
Wrestled to Ground
The shoe-thrower, who was in a group of journalists, was wrestled to the ground and taken away. “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq,” shouted the man, later identified by the Associated Press as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi- owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.
At the signing ceremony, Bush said a free and democratic Iraq will now become “a force for freedom” and a “source of stability in a volatile region.”
“There is still more work to be done,” Bush said. “The war is not over.” The president said that with the agreement, “and the courage of the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi troops, and American troops and civilian personnel, it is decisively on its way to being won.”
Bush arrived today in Baghdad on a surprise visit -- his last to Iraq as commander-in-chief -- to celebrate the agreement, thank U.S. troops and meet with Iraqi leaders.
It was Bush’s fourth visit to a nation transformed by the U.S.-led war he started in 2003. It follows three weeks after Iraq’s parliament approved an accord with the U.S. that provides for the withdrawal of American troops by the end of 2011.
Obama’s Plan
President-elect Barack Obama has said one of his first acts as commander-in-chief would be to direct his military commanders to begin withdrawing troops “as quickly as we can” while maintaining stability in Iraq, ensuring the safety of U.S. troops and preventing a resurgence of terrorism.
The president has made three previous unannounced trips to Iraq -- on Thanksgiving 2003, June 13, 2006, and Sept. 3, 2007.
While those earlier trips were intended largely to bolster troop morale and shore up domestic support for the unpopular war, Bush’s latest Iraq visit amounted to a valedictory appearance. He leaves office on Jan. 20.
Bush ended his visit to Baghdad by addressing more than 1,000 troops at Camp Victory, the staging area in Baghdad for U.S. forces. He was greeted by cheers and whoops inside the late Saddam Hussein’s Al Faw palace, where he stood beneath an American flag that reached nearly to the rotunda of the palace.
The surge of additional U.S. troops sent to Iraq early last year to quell sectarian violence has been “one of the greatest successes in the history of the United States military,” Bush said.
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AC0110 · Dec 14, 2008

He's lucky he didn't get shot...

mr_evolution · Dec 14, 2008

I thought this was something to do with Bush having 'Duck Shoes'

Flames · Dec 14, 2008

LOL I'm quite surprised that Bush was fast enough to duck the first one LOL
And man when the guards enter it so reminded me of hitman, one loud bang and you get a swarm of guard heading into your room LOL

Resentless · Dec 14, 2008

flaming said: ↑

LOL I'm quite surprised that Bush was fast enough to duck the first one LOL
And man when the guards enter it so reminded me of hitman, one loud bang and you get a swarm of guard heading into your room LOL
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hahaha yea 4 man rushing in XD im suprised they didnt pulled there gun -huh

[N] · Dec 14, 2008

i expected that guy to get shot after the first shoe...

krazyaznboi · Dec 15, 2008

i'm amazed that the guys was able to throw a second shoe at bush
thought the guards would've had him on the first

Akki · Dec 15, 2008

^ clearly bush is no longer a high priority.... lol

Maverick · Dec 15, 2008

Just wonder when there will be a video game on this incident -bigsmile

fearless_fx · Dec 15, 2008

"I don't know what the guy's beef was." - George W. Bush

actual quote lol

master_g · Dec 16, 2008

Well bush did a good dodge there, but he ran out of steam for the second one so he did a 'hand-raise' >.<

uryu · Dec 16, 2008

he should be on the US dodgeball team harhar

mr_evolution · Dec 16, 2008

And the parody craze begins

Shoe Attack On President Already Turned Into A Crappy Flash Game

http://kotaku.com/5110547/shoe-attack-on-president-already-turned-into-a-crappy-flash-game

Maverick · Dec 22, 2008

Maverick said: ↑

Just wonder when there will be a video game on this incident -bigsmile
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If was right all along. Here is the game -bigsmile
http://sockandawe.com/

g9news · Dec 23, 2008

370,000 orders for Bush bash shoes

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24836717-5006301,00.html

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