Iraqi journalist turns tables on shoe thrower

[sabra]

Source: AFP

PARIS — A protester who presented himself as an Iraqi journalist in exile hurled a shoe Tuesday at the colleague who one year ago found fame hurling his own footwear at then US president George W. Bush.

Television reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi was in Paris to promote his campaign for the "victims of the US occupation in Iraq" when a fellow Iraqi critic turned the tables on him, shouting: "Here's another shoe for you."

The thickset man with an Iraqi accent made a brief speech in Arabic during the question and answer session, defending US policy and accusing Zaidi of "working for dictatorship in Iraq," before throwing his shoe.

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Zaidi's brother grappled with and slapped the man, whom witnesses later described as an asylum-seeker they know only as "Khayat", before venue staff and bystanders separated them and the aggressor was hustled away.

"When I used this method, it was against the occupation. I did not use it against a compatriot," Zaidi complained. "I always knew the occupier and his lackeys would stop at nothing to get to me."

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[YouTakeTheSkyway]

1. Grappled with and slapped the man??

[louis-t]

2. Yeah, after throwing a shoe, slapping is the

next biggest insult you can hurl at another. I think. :silly:

[DesertDiamond]

3. Well now I'd love the chance to throw a shoe at THIS guy!

[DavidDvorkin]

4. Oh, my, I hope we're not falling behind in the shoe race

It's time for a Presidential commission to study the issue, followed by establishment of a new Pentagon Shoe office.

Especially if Iran is involved in any way.

[Algorem]

5. who paid him?who put him up to it?

[Archae]

6. Now if it was Al Bundy's shoe...

We all would have found those WMD. :D

[trthnd4jstc]

7. We all need a chance to throw a shoe at someone else!!!! n/t

[HCE SuiGeneris]

8. Terrorist Shoe Threat Level Is Now RED!

OMG!

:nuke:

[MisterP]

9. awww, compradores and good colonial subjects are so funny when they're angry nt

[yava]

10. if you are size 9 with new shoes

please throw them at me.
Its not just for saving money. I have no time (and hate) shopping.

[Regret My New Name]

11. Do people get their shoes back when they do this?

Just seems like it would get expensive having to buy a new pair of shoes every time you dislike what someone says or does. ;)

Although, I suppose if you alternate between right and left, you can just mix an match. It would really suck having a bunch of left shoes but no rights.

[sabrina 1]

12. If he's so thrilled with the occupation of his country

and the puppet government Bush installed, which most Iraqis are not btw, what is he doing seeking asylum in France?

Maybe it was 'Curveball', the drunk who provided 'evidence' of WMDs in Iraq.

[New Dawn]

13. The Neocons must have paid him a lot of money to throw that shoe.