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[jkelly80]

the old boy still has some good reflexes. it looks like he's laughing after the first shoe is thrown.

[yawarakaijin]

[Gopher]

Also kind of reflects short-term memory on Iraqi and/or Arab culture. It was only five years ago that we saw at least a couple of Iraqis beating the Saddam Hussein statue with their shoes, and/or throwing their shoes at it as others took it down.

[IMF crisis]

[jkelly80]

[BS.Dos.]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Here's a brief report on what some Arabs are saying about the incident:

Iraqi blogger Nibras Kazimi, who was clearly outraged, wrote that he would �seriously consider beating the crap� out of Zaidi, and added that he�d like to �take one of his [Zaidi�s] shoes�and stuff it in his mouth.� The Iraqi government issued a sharp condemnation of the reporter�s �barbaric and shameful behavior.�

...Afghan journalists who attended a press conference Bush gave later at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan were allowed to keep their shoes on. That event proceeded without incident.

Shoe jokes were being exchanged throughout the Arab world via emails and text messages. One said Israeli forces on Monday busted �a secret shoe factory belonging to Hamas in Gaza and arrested several shoe-makers.� It noted that �many of the shoes confiscated were size 10 (EU44)," the same size as the pair used against the US president.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-15/arab-blogosphere-erupts-over-shoegate/

[bacasper]

[Milwaukiedave]

[bacasper]

He thought Bush liked shoe-fly pie.

[Hater Depot]

[bangbayed]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[canuckistan]

If someone's throwing their shoes, eggs, tomatoes, pie at a politician.... they must be pissed off.

[Hater Depot]

The shoe-thrower sounds like a somewhat unsavory character.