Iraqi shoe-thrower gets a taste of his own medicine

Steyr · 02-12-2009 10:37pm #1

PRICELESS!

**Video and Pictures in Link**

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1232587/Iraqi-shoe-thrower-suffers-copycat-attack-shoe-thrown-news-conference.html

Iraqi shoe-thrower suffers copycat attack as he has one thrown at him during news conference
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 12:29 PM on 02nd December 2009

He became a hero across the Arab world when he angrily hurled a shoe at George Bush in Baghdad.

But Muntadhar al-Zaidi obviously upset someone.
The Iraqi journalist got a taste of his own medicine yesterday as he was was nearly hit by another shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris.

Al-Zaidi was able to duck and the shoe hit the wall behind him.

The identity of the new shoe-thrower - and his motivation - were not immediately clear, but he appeared to be an Iraqi.
'He stole my technique,' Al-Zaidi later joked.

It was not known if the intruder was a journalist or just pretended to be one to attend the news conference at a centre for foreign reporters.
Whatever his motive, the confrontation didn't stop there.
Al-Zaidi's brother, Maithan, then chased the attacker in the audience and pelted him with a shoe as he left the room.
Muntadhar al-Zaidi, a TV reporter, became a hero to many opponents of the Iraq war when he hurled his shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2008.

The President was forced to duck for cover as the journalist shouted in Arabic:

‘This is your farewell kiss, you dog!

This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.’
Al-Zeidi was quickly wrestled to the ground by security guards, then imprisoned for nine months before being released in September.
Al-Zaidi said that he had videotaped himself practicing the insult two years ago and had hoped to accost Bush in Jordan but this did not take place.

'What made me do it was the humiliation Iraqhas been subjected to due to the U.S. occupation and the murder of innocent people,' al-Zaidi said.

Venezuela's anti-American President Hugo Chavez called him courageous; a Libyan group headed by Muammar Gaddafi's daughter gave him an award; and fathers from other Arab nations have offered Muntazer their daughters as brides.
The Paris news conference was held so he could talk about his experiences.

:pac:

wudangclan · 02-12-2009 10:38pm

Not so funny when the shoe is on the other foot...

dr.bollocko · 02-12-2009 10:38pm

Who throws a shoe? He fights like a girl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exg6LDMsViY

brummytom · 02-12-2009 10:45pm

THE SHOOOESSS-A!!*

*/IT Crowd

He didn't have to stick the boot in

Riddle101 · 02-12-2009 10:51pm

lol I loved how the camerman spent 30 seconds filming the shoe that was throwing after the event was shown. As if people were really interested in seeing a bloody shoe.

As for the rest of the vid, pretty funny, especially when your man ran after the shoe thrower and tried to hit him with his own shoe.