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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:28 PM
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Shoe monument filled with a plastic shrub for man who threw footwear at Bush in Iraq
Edited on Thu Jan-29-09 08:31 PM by NNN0LHI
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January560.xml§ion=middleeast

29 January 2009

TIKRIT, Iraq - 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 two-metre (six-foot) high statue, unveiled on Thursday in former dictator Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit, depicts a bronze-coloured shoe, filled with a plastic shrub. ”Muntazer: fasting until the sword breaks its fast with blood; silent until our mouths speak the truth,” reads an inscription, in honour of journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who hurled his shoes at Bush and called him a “dog” at a news conference during the former president’s final visit to Iraq.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:30 PM
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1. Right On!
Do we know what happened to him, btw? Has he been released?
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:33 PM
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2. Merci beaucoup, M. Shoe! nt
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:34 PM
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3. Here's a good pix


I love it.

Bravo!!!

K & R
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:37 PM
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4. thanks for the picture.
did you notice it has a "bush" in it?
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:38 PM
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5. Oh yes!!!
:rofl:
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:39 PM
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6. i love it. nt
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 08:47 PM
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7. That must be Bush Square
Didn't the neocons want the Iraqi's to erect a monument or dedicate a town to the Decider? That must be it.
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