Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoe At Bush During Press Conference

LOL LOL AND LOL AGAIN! Bush got his retirement gift from Iraq! =p

Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoe At Bush... Perino Gets Hit By Microphone

Funny. This never happened at a Saddam palace before?
While President Bush was speaking in one Saddam's palaces today an Iraqi reporter threw a shoe at him. The man was dragged from the room screaming.

An Iraqi man throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a new conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad. (AP)


Iraqi President Maliki tried to block the throw. (NY Daily News)


U.S. President George W. Bush (L) ducks after a man threw a shoe at him during a joint statement with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ® in Baghdad, December 14, 2008. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)


Security personnel tackle a man who threw a shoe at U.S. President George W. Bush during a joint statement with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, December 14, 2008. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)


President George W. Bush reacts after a man threw shoes at him during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad. (AP)

The man did not have his tongue cut out, did not have his arms broke and was not thown off a roof (VIDEO).
Now that's success.

President Bush joked about the incident and the press conference continued.
The AP has more on the incident:

<blockquote>A man threw his shoes at President George W. Bush and was dragged away by security officials during the president's farewell trip to Iraq.

The incident occurred as Bush was appearing Sunday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Bush ducked and wasn't hit by either shoe. Bush joked, saying that all he can report was that it was a size 10 shoe. then calmly took questions.</blockquote> Other Iraqi journalists apologized for the incident.
Reuters reported:

<blockquote>The shoes missed their target about 15 feet away. One sailed over Bush's head as he stood next to Maliki and smacked into the wall behind him. Bush smiled uncomfortably and Maliki looked strained.

"It doesn't bother me," Bush said, urging everyone to calm down as a ruckus broke out in the conference room.

When asked about the incident shortly after, Bush made light of it. "I didn't feel the least threatened by it," he said.

Other Iraqi journalists apologized on behalf of their colleague, a television journalist.</blockquote> No, it was not David al-Gregory or Keith Mohammed al-Olbermann.

The reporter Muntadar al-Zeidi, is a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television which is based in Cairo.
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was hit by a microphone during the scuffle and may have a shiner.

 

Yeah I saw the vid on the news.
Bush was detecting the shoe on time and pressed control to move down.

 

Too little, too late.

(I'm just joking, CIA)

 

I'd shoot that guy if I was in the Secret Service. Hell ya.

 

Secret Services protects the Federal Reserve, not the president.

 

love it.

 

Say what you want about G-dubs, that was an impressive reaction time with the duck.

 

Man damn.

Newsflash:

George W. Bush is Neo.

 

the new weapon..

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service

*sigh*

 

Too bad there wasn't a grenade in that shoe. lol

 

lol that was hella funny i just watched it on youtube he hella dodged that shoe

 

Did they give the reporter his shoes back? :huh:

Hopefully they were cheap, because I woulda kept them. I figure if it's thrown at me, that means you must be eager to give it to me. Then again, by that logic, I should be hoping the shoes were expensive :lol:



I want a shoe to be thrown at me during a press conference... that would be awesome. Poor Iraqi's though, I laugh at their insult.

 

Lol, I saw this and it only strengthened my love for ignorance towards Bush.

Is a shoe honestly going to hurt him? You may be disrespecting him in your culture, but in Bush's culture you're just being stupid.