Iraqi guards throw party for shoe-thrower

Saturday 17th January, 05:50 AM JST

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Sarge at 02:42 AM JST - 18th January

"These kids didn't die like in a John Wayne movie"

I'm aware of that. Are you aware that these kids were suffering badly under Saddam Hussein?
northlondon at 02:56 AM JST - 18th January

I am aware of that Sarge. But like George Bush gave a shit. He didn't invade Iraq to liberate the children. Bush invaded because he completely missed the intelligence warning before 9/11. It was his get out of jail card.
bobbafett at 03:12 AM JST - 18th January

Ah,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha !! Yeah right, he was a second dan in the art of Shudo.

OK, you volunteer to have an Iraqi hurl a size 10 at your head. I bet Bush moves faster than you.
northlondon at 03:14 AM JST - 18th January

OK, you volunteer to have an Iraqi hurl a size 10 at your head. I bet Bush moves faster than you.

But I hadn't ruined their country so why would he have any reason to hurl a size 10 at my head ??
bobbafett at 03:25 AM JST - 18th January

Ask the kurds.
themadstudent at 05:39 AM JST - 18th January

I may disagree with him but I will completely defend his protest. The proper answer to this type of incident is a slap on the wrist. Nobody was hurt and while he caused a bit of a scare, that is no reason to threaten him with the sort of penalties he is being charged with nor denying him access to a lawyer. To do these things makes a mockery of whatever good we hope to have done. An environment where you can feel safe protesting should be encouraged, if not particularly shoe throwing. I hope he is released soon with time served.
TonyUS at 10:48 AM JST - 18th January

Any one who assults a president of a country need punished, That is even if Kim Jong Il was to come to the US. anyone going to throw something at him, A US reporter? If so they also should be punished and I am sure they would.

I see some of these responses just down right stupid when it comes to an attack against a world leader. Hey I hate Hu of China with the deapest of feelings, but attack him as a reporter, I think not, those that support such an act would be seen as a disrespectful citizen of their country.

I never liked Bush but one thing for sure, the lives lost in freeing Iraq holds some value, if not to those that hate Bush, then it is too bad, especially for those that are from the US, you need your values re-set.
wuzzademcrat at 01:06 PM JST - 18th January

And now his sympathizers throw their shoes at images of Obama and Mubarak.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVSlVaxfZlA
smithinjapan at 01:15 PM JST - 18th January

TonyUS: "Any one who assults a president of a country need punished,"

Well... I agree and disagree. You see, I would remove 'world leader' and simply substitute it with 'person', as in "anyone who assaults someone else deserves punishment". I don't believe they deserve MORE punishment because said person is a supposed leader.
TonyUS at 02:02 PM JST - 18th January

well smith you have your opinion, but in the real world usually that is not the case.
cleo at 03:10 PM JST - 18th January

The guy who lowered himself to shoe throwing level is just as bad as those he condemns.

Throwing a shoe in the hopes of hitting a piece of scum and putting a picturesque lump on his head is on the same level as ordering bombs to be dropped on a country in the certainty of killing and maiming hundreds of thousands and leaving behind a legacy of DU dust mixed in the desert sands for the next thousand years? You need to take a sensible pill.

Are you aware that these kids were suffering badly under Saddam Hussein?

You mean it's much better now that they aren't suffering at all because they're no longer alive?
Altria at 03:28 PM JST - 20th January

Did they have a cake in the shape of a shoe?
unklesam at 07:15 PM JST - 20th January

"Muntadhar al-Zeidi actually feared he would be killed by guards after throwing his shoes and read his last prayers"

What an interesting revelation... seems that President Bush has a helluva lot more admiration and respect in Iraq then many of you care to admit.
wuzzademcrat at 08:24 PM JST - 20th January

Muntadhar the brave shoe-thrower seeking asylum in Switzerland.

Funny how little interest the media shows now...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24932325-2703,00.html

January 19, 2009

Article from: Agence France-Presse

"Once settled in Geneva, the bachelor without children could "very well work as a journalist at the United Nations'' which has its European headquarters here, Poggia said."

And he'll still be on the same side as al-Sadr and the militants.
Nessie at 09:58 PM JST - 20th January

Muntadhar the brave shoe-thrower seeking asylum in Switzerland.

They're waiving the swimming test, then?