Iraqi Town erects a statue to honor the person who threw a shoe a Bush (w/ pic)

[LynneSin]

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A statue built for Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who hurled his shoes at former U.S. president George Bush, is seen in Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) Baghdad, January 27, 2009. An Iraqi town has unveiled a giant monument of a shoe in honour of the journalist who threw his footwear at former U.S. President George W. Bush. The letters on the sign reads "Muntazer is fasting until the sword breaks his fast with blood, silent until our mouths speak the truth". Picture taken January 27, 2009.

[tabatha]

1. Yes, but it has been taken down already.

Orders of govt.

[KansDem]

3. "Orders of govt."

You mean the democratic government we brought to Iraq because the oppressed Iraqi people were crying out to be free? You mean the government of a people who would dance and in the streets and toss flowers at us in celebration of our arrival to free them from a despot who would, among other things, censor them?

You mean that government?

edited for spelling...

[tabatha]

4. Yes.

But officials from Salaheddin province told CNN that the monument was removed after a request from the central government, which has charges pending against al-Zaidi -- now in an Iraqi jail.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.shoe.monument/

So much for fighting and dying for freedom.

[navarth]

2. we need some statues like that over here. eom