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Iraq Shoe Monument

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January 30, 2009

From Reuters:

TIKRIT, Iraq, Jan 29 (Reuters) -- 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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-- Luke Allnutt

Tags: Iraq , George W. Bush

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by: DENNIS JUNIOR from: USA

January 31, 2009 11:04

At least, the accused shoe-thrower against the Former President of the United States, will have a monument for the events in December 2008.....

by: sahar from: UK

January 31, 2009 13:44

This is a freedom of expression so former US government which claimed they invaded Iraq to bring democracy to its people should not get angered with this incident and they should call for the release of the shoe thrower as soon as possible not watching him to be tortured by the opressive Shiite government of Al Maliki who Bush's administration helped to get power in Iraq. What an irony.

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