Irony: Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Hit By A Thrown Shoe

Proof • December 2, 2009

What comes around goes around.

PARIS (Associated Press) — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad last year had a taste of his own medicine Tuesday when he nearly got beaned by a shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi ducked and the shoe hit the wall behind him.
“He stole my technique,” al-Zeidi later quipped.
The identity of the new shoe-thrower – and his motivation – weren’t immediately clear, but he appeared to be an Iraqi. It was not known if the intruder was a journalist or just pretended to be one to attend the news conference at a center for foreign reporters.

The liberals loved this guy when he threw his shoes at President Bush. Yet, the reality is that the original shoe-thrower was an enemy of America in the region and a supporter of terrorists like Muqtada al-Sadr.
He is, frankly, one of the bad guys angry at us for winning the war. He’s no hero. And though the motivations of this new shoe-thrower aren’t clear, maybe he’s someone who is thankful that his country was liberated?

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

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Hanni,

At best, wikipedia is an open source. For all I know, you wrote that paragraph Hanni. So yes I’m disputing your “evidence” and most of the “information” in it is at best the opinion of those that wrote that paragraph. I suspect that’s why you didn’t put a link in it.
Hanni

Rob is lying, because this guy cared about innocent Iraqis and hated Bush.

What Rob won’t tell you:

“One of his best reports was on Zahra, a young Iraqi school girl killed by the occupation forces while en route to school,” said Ahmed Alaa, a close friend and colleague of al-Zaidi at al-Baghdadia television who talked to Islam Online. Alaa said al-Zaidi documented the tragedy in his reportage, complete with interviews with her family, neighbors and friends. “This report earned him the respect of many Iraqis and won him many hearts in Iraq,” he said. Al-Zaidi once also turned down an offer to work for what he termed “a pro-occupation channel”.[12] Friends said al-Zaidi had been “emotionally influenced” by the destruction he’d seen in his coverage of the US bombing of Sadr City.[13] Muzhir al-Khafaji, al-Zaidi’s boss at the TV station, describes al-Zaidi as a “proud Arab and an open-minded man.” He added, “He has no ties with the former regime. His family was arrested under Saddam’s regime.”[14] On politics, al-Zaidi said “Iâ€™m Iraqi and Iâ€™m proud of my country.” Friends of al-Zaidi said he utterly rejected the occupation and the civil clashes. They said he believed the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement was a “legalization of the occupation.”[15]

Sami Ramadani, a political exile from Saddam’s regime and a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University, wrote in an op-ed for The Guardian that al-Zaidi “reported for al-Baghdadia on the poor and downtrodden victims of the US war. He was first on the scene in Sadr City and wherever people suffered violence or severe deprivation. He not only followed US Apache helicopters’ trails of death and destruction, but he was also among the first to report every ‘sectarian’ atrocity and the bombing of popular market places. He let the victims talk first”.
Hanni

So are you refuting the evidence provided Greg, or are you just making another meaningless and weightless attack intended to discredit an argument?

What is it in the information provided that you think is dishonest?
ammar

The other guy is an iraqi journalist who did not the way Al Zadi used to throw shoes. As an Iraqi myself i can tell so many iraqies did not like what Al Zadi did
sayanything-106

This guy is a moron.
sayanything-4625

Hanni used Wikipedia known as a bastion of honesty!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntadhar_al-Zaidi
sayanything-101

Karma is a bitch.
CaptainFreeJack

Awesome

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