#Muntazer al-Zaidi

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Happy "I regret I only have two shoes to give to your country" Day!

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“This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!” — Muntazer al Zaidi, Dec 14, 200&

“This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq." — Muntazer al Zaidi, Dec 14, 200&

"The only regret I have is that I only had two shoes." — Muntazer al-Zaidi, March 21, 2023

Having your own personal blog is honestly quite a nice change of pace compared to Reddit. I could put a funny GIF of George Bush getting hit by a shoe on here and the worse case scenario is that no one even notices.

You put that on a big subreddit and you get your eyes gouged out and a heap of political discourse underneath your post.

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Iraqi who threw shoes at President Bush still angry after 15 years

Muntazer al-Zaidi is still around. His account is one of the very few legitimate remaining uses for twitter.

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“This scene stands as proof that one day a simple person was capable of saying no to that arrogant person with all his power, tyranny, arms, media, money and authority, and to say that you (Bush) were wrong.” #IraqWar #Iraq #Bush43 #Militarism #ArabAmericanNews https://arabamericannews.com/2023/03/28/no-regrets-from-the-iraqi-who-threw-his-shoes-at-bush/

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"Muntadhar al-Zaidi Throws Shoes at Bush"

On December 14, 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at United States President George W. Bush during an Iraqi press conference. The throw was good, but unfortunately Bush was able to duck. Al-Zaidi spent 9 months in jail for this act of bravery, during which time he was physically tortured. Here's why he did it in his own words, after release from prison.

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Aniversario del 'zapato de Bush': ¿qué objetos fueron lanzados a políticos de primera fila?

Aniversario del 'zapato de Bush': ¿qué objetos fueron lanzados a políticos de primera fila?

Hace 10 años, el 14 de diciembre de 2008, el periodista iraquí Muntazer Zaidi lanzó dos zapatos al entonces presidente saliente de EEUU, George W. Bush. No fue la primera ni la última vez que se lanzan unos objetos a los políticos como señal de protesta contra sus actividades e ideas. Sputnik ha reunido algunos vídeos de incidentes similares.

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Almost 10 years after hurling a shoe at then United States president George W Bush in Baghdad, sparking an international row, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi is planning a political career of his own. Al-Zaidi, 39, is to stand for parliament in the Iraqi elections and has ambitions to become the country’s leader.  In a conversation coordinated by a translator, al-Zaidi says his purpose to join politics is to fight corruption.   “I look at politics as a job or an office that serves the Iraqi people. I want to fight corruption and rebuild Iraq,” he says. About the changes he wants to see in Iraq, he says, “Justice, equality, hard work and honesty. These are the traits I want to see in my country.  “First, I have to fight corruption. I also need to expose the politicians, question them about their financial dealings and return the stolen money back to Iraq,” he explains.Recounting the incident that catapulted him to fame across the world, al-Zaidi says, “The shoe throwing incident is in the past. I certainly don’t use it for mileage in my political campaign.”For the uninitiated, back in December 2008, al-Zaidi — then a journalist — hurled his shoe at Bush in protest at the US invasion of Iraq at a news conference in Baghdad, yelling, ‘This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog.’Bush, who was making a farewell visit to the country at the time, avoided being hit by the shoe, but al-Zaidi was bundled to the ground and hustled out of the room by security personnel.While Bush flew home, al-Zaidi was sentenced to three years in prison, which was eventually reduced to 12 months. He was released after nine months after being granted a conditional discharge.Al-Zaidi wants Iraq to improve relations with India and Prime Minister Narendra D Modi.”I don’t have much information on Indian politics, but I do know that Modi has the support of the masses and is a popular leader. I hope he will provide Indians with prosperity and success.””India and Iraq share a lot of common ground,” he adds. “There is a large population of Muslims in both countries and both countries share a common history of fighting imperialism. Additionally, there are many people in Iraq named after Mahatma Gandhi.””The journalist is the voice of the people,” says al-Zaidi. “He is the one who understand people more than other professionals. This is a big chance to represent my countrymen.”The Iraqi visited Rajghat with film-maker Mahesh Bhatt during his last visit to India two years ago.”My regards to all the amazing Indian people,” says the prospective politician. “I urge them to watch the play Last Salute directed by Mahesh Bhatt.” The Rediff.com : 12th. May,18

Iraqi reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi gestures during a media conference at the Geneva press Club in Geneva October 19, 2009. Al-Zaidi, the reporter who hurled his shoes at then U.S. President George Bush, is in Switzerland with a 3 month tourist visa and plan to launch a Foundation for victims of civil wars and crimes. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND POLITICS CONFLICT CRIME LAW) – BM2E5AJ16UV01

Iraqi reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi embraces his sister upon arrival at the Al-Baghdadya television station following his release from prison in Baghdad September 15, 2009. The reporter who hurled his shoes at then U.S. President George Bush was released from prison on Tuesday, his brother said. Muntazer al-Zaidi, whose act during a news conference last December chimed with the feelings of many Iraqis towards the former U.S. leader, was met outside the jail by parliamentarians who support his case, brother Uday al-Zaidi said. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS) – GM1E59F1KM601

GEORGE BUSH’s SHOE-THROWER JOURNALIST MUNTADHAR AL-ZAIDI IS RUNNING TO BE IRAQ’s PRESIDENT : Almost 10 years after hurling a shoe at then United States president George W Bush in Baghdad, sparking an international row, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi is planning a political career of his own.

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Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at Bush stands for parliament

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference a decade ago is standing for parliament, campaigning against corruption and the sectarianism that has plagued his country.

FILE PHOTO: Video frame grab of U.S. President George W. Bush (L) ducking from a shoe during a news conference in Baghdad December 14, 2008. REUTERS/Reuters TV/File Photo

TV correspondent Muntazer al-Zaidi became famous across Iraq and the Middle East after throwing his footwear at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in 2008, shouting “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!”

Bush ducked twice as the shoes sailed over his head. Zaidi served six months in prison for assaulting a visiting leader.

Today, Zaidi is standing for parliament as a member of the movement of firebrand Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia waged a violent campaign against the U.S. military during its occupation of Iraq, but who has lately redefined himself as an opponent of militant sectarianism.

Sadr and his followers argue that the sectarian and ethnic parties representing Iraq’s Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds, dominant since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, have abused their power and looted the state. The Sadrists have formed an unlikely alliance with the Communists and other secular groups.

An election poster of Muntazer al-Zaidi, candidate on the Sairun list, is seen in Baghdad, Iraq May 10, 2018. Picture taken May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

“The main real purpose and reason behind my nomination is to get rid of the corrupt, and to expel them from our country,” Zaidi told Reuters in an interview.

“I was a journalist when I hurled a shoe at Bush. Before that event and I was, and still am, against the occupation and corruption. But the corrupt aren’t listening to people who demand that they give up corruption. So I decided to enter the political process.”

Zaidi said he has made a point of omitting from his posters any images of the shoe-throwing incident that made him famous.

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“I refused to have any images of me from that incident used for my election campaign. I rely on the present, what I can bring to Iraqis. I don’t want an emotional (vote), I want people to be convinced (by my policies),” he said.

Zaidi’s shoe-throwing divided opinion in Iraq at the time. Some saw it as sticking up for the country; others as a crude gesture that undermined Iraq’s dignity.

Local residents erected a giant concrete monument of a shoe in Zaidi’s honor outside an orphanage in the city of Tikrit in 2009, but it was taken down a day later by the municipal authorities.

A decade on, reaction to his candidacy in the election this weekend has been similarly mixed.

“I hope he wins. He was jealously protecting his country. What he did was correct: the country was under occupation,” said Mohannad Ibrahim, 26-year-old supermarket cashier in Baghdad.

Journalist Haider Qassem, 41, disagreed. “He is not fit to be a candidate, he is not even fit to be a low-ranking civil servant. He has no manners. A journalist should be cultured. You can’t just throw shoes.”

Reporting by Reuters Video News and Ahmed Aboulenein; writing by Peter Graff; editing by Andrew Roche

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Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at the Beast of the Sea has one regret

In this Dec. 14, 2008 file photo, Muntazer al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, throws a shoe at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq.Evan Vucci/AP Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush has one regret BY CBS News | March 21, 2023 Home › News › CBS News › World News Credit: CBSNews  Watch Video: Analyzing…

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Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at Bush stands for parliament

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference a decade ago is standing for parliament, campaigning against corruption and the sectarianism that has plagued his country.

FILE PHOTO: Video frame grab of U.S. President George W. Bush (L) ducking from a shoe during a news conference in Baghdad December 14, 2008. REUTERS/Reuters TV/File Photo

TV correspondent Muntazer al-Zaidi became famous across Iraq and the Middle East after throwing his footwear at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in 2008, shouting “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!”

Bush ducked twice as the shoes sailed over his head. Zaidi served six months in prison for assaulting a visiting leader.

Today, Zaidi is standing for parliament as a member of the movement of firebrand Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia waged a violent campaign against the U.S. military during its occupation of Iraq, but who has lately redefined himself as an opponent of militant sectarianism.

Sadr and his followers argue that the sectarian and ethnic parties representing Iraq’s Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds, dominant since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, have abused their power and looted the state. The Sadrists have formed an unlikely alliance with the Communists and other secular groups.

An election poster of Muntazer al-Zaidi, candidate on the Sairun list, is seen in Baghdad, Iraq May 10, 2018. Picture taken May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

“The main real purpose and reason behind my nomination is to get rid of the corrupt, and to expel them from our country,” Zaidi told Reuters in an interview.

“I was a journalist when I hurled a shoe at Bush. Before that event and I was, and still am, against the occupation and corruption. But the corrupt aren’t listening to people who demand that they give up corruption. So I decided to enter the political process.”

Zaidi said he has made a point of omitting from his posters any images of the shoe-throwing incident that made him famous.

Slideshow (5 Images)

“I refused to have any images of me from that incident used for my election campaign. I rely on the present, what I can bring to Iraqis. I don’t want an emotional (vote), I want people to be convinced (by my policies),” he said.

Zaidi’s shoe-throwing divided opinion in Iraq at the time. Some saw it as sticking up for the country; others as a crude gesture that undermined Iraq’s dignity.

Local residents erected a giant concrete monument of a shoe in Zaidi’s honor outside an orphanage in the city of Tikrit in 2009, but it was taken down a day later by the municipal authorities.

A decade on, reaction to his candidacy in the election this weekend has been similarly mixed.

“I hope he wins. He was jealously protecting his country. What he did was correct: the country was under occupation,” said Mohannad Ibrahim, 26-year-old supermarket cashier in Baghdad.

Journalist Haider Qassem, 41, disagreed. “He is not fit to be a candidate, he is not even fit to be a low-ranking civil servant. He has no manners. A journalist should be cultured. You can’t just throw shoes.”

Reporting by Reuters Video News and Ahmed Aboulenein; writing by Peter Graff; editing by Andrew Roche

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Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at Bush stands for parliament

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference a decade ago is standing for parliament, campaigning against corruption and the sectarianism that has plagued his country.

FILE PHOTO: Video frame grab of U.S. President George W. Bush (L) ducking from a shoe during a news conference in Baghdad December 14, 2008. REUTERS/Reuters TV/File Photo

TV correspondent Muntazer al-Zaidi became famous across Iraq and the Middle East after throwing his footwear at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in 2008, shouting “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!”

Bush ducked twice as the shoes sailed over his head. Zaidi served six months in prison for assaulting a visiting leader.

Today, Zaidi is standing for parliament as a member of the movement of firebrand Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia waged a violent campaign against the U.S. military during its occupation of Iraq, but who has lately redefined himself as an opponent of militant sectarianism.

Sadr and his followers argue that the sectarian and ethnic parties representing Iraq’s Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds, dominant since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, have abused their power and looted the state. The Sadrists have formed an unlikely alliance with the Communists and other secular groups.

An election poster of Muntazer al-Zaidi, candidate on the Sairun list, is seen in Baghdad, Iraq May 10, 2018. Picture taken May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

“The main real purpose and reason behind my nomination is to get rid of the corrupt, and to expel them from our country,” Zaidi told Reuters in an interview.

“I was a journalist when I hurled a shoe at Bush. Before that event and I was, and still am, against the occupation and corruption. But the corrupt aren’t listening to people who demand that they give up corruption. So I decided to enter the political process.”

Zaidi said he has made a point of omitting from his posters any images of the shoe-throwing incident that made him famous.

Slideshow (5 Images)

“I refused to have any images of me from that incident used for my election campaign. I rely on the present, what I can bring to Iraqis. I don’t want an emotional (vote), I want people to be convinced (by my policies),” he said.

Zaidi’s shoe-throwing divided opinion in Iraq at the time. Some saw it as sticking up for the country; others as a crude gesture that undermined Iraq’s dignity.

Local residents erected a giant concrete monument of a shoe in Zaidi’s honor outside an orphanage in the city of Tikrit in 2009, but it was taken down a day later by the municipal authorities.

A decade on, reaction to his candidacy in the election this weekend has been similarly mixed.

“I hope he wins. He was jealously protecting his country. What he did was correct: the country was under occupation,” said Mohannad Ibrahim, 26-year-old supermarket cashier in Baghdad.

Journalist Haider Qassem, 41, disagreed. “He is not fit to be a candidate, he is not even fit to be a low-ranking civil servant. He has no manners. A journalist should be cultured. You can’t just throw shoes.”

Reporting by Reuters Video News and Ahmed Aboulenein; writing by Peter Graff; editing by Andrew Roche

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Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at Bush stands for parliament

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference a decade ago is standing for parliament, campaigning against corruption and the sectarianism that has plagued his country.

FILE PHOTO: Video frame grab of U.S. President George W. Bush (L) ducking from a shoe during a news conference in Baghdad December 14, 2008. REUTERS/Reuters TV/File Photo

TV correspondent Muntazer al-Zaidi became famous across Iraq and the Middle East after throwing his footwear at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in 2008, shouting “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!”

Bush ducked twice as the shoes sailed over his head. Zaidi served six months in prison for assaulting a visiting leader.

Today, Zaidi is standing for parliament as a member of the movement of firebrand Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia waged a violent campaign against the U.S. military during its occupation of Iraq, but who has lately redefined himself as an opponent of militant sectarianism.

Sadr and his followers argue that the sectarian and ethnic parties representing Iraq’s Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds, dominant since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, have abused their power and looted the state. The Sadrists have formed an unlikely alliance with the Communists and other secular groups.

An election poster of Muntazer al-Zaidi, candidate on the Sairun list, is seen in Baghdad, Iraq May 10, 2018. Picture taken May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

“The main real purpose and reason behind my nomination is to get rid of the corrupt, and to expel them from our country,” Zaidi told Reuters in an interview.

“I was a journalist when I hurled a shoe at Bush. Before that event and I was, and still am, against the occupation and corruption. But the corrupt aren’t listening to people who demand that they give up corruption. So I decided to enter the political process.”

Zaidi said he has made a point of omitting from his posters any images of the shoe-throwing incident that made him famous.

Slideshow (5 Images)

“I refused to have any images of me from that incident used for my election campaign. I rely on the present, what I can bring to Iraqis. I don’t want an emotional (vote), I want people to be convinced (by my policies),” he said.

Zaidi’s shoe-throwing divided opinion in Iraq at the time. Some saw it as sticking up for the country; others as a crude gesture that undermined Iraq’s dignity.

Local residents erected a giant concrete monument of a shoe in Zaidi’s honor outside an orphanage in the city of Tikrit in 2009, but it was taken down a day later by the municipal authorities.

A decade on, reaction to his candidacy in the election this weekend has been similarly mixed.

“I hope he wins. He was jealously protecting his country. What he did was correct: the country was under occupation,” said Mohannad Ibrahim, 26-year-old supermarket cashier in Baghdad.

Journalist Haider Qassem, 41, disagreed. “He is not fit to be a candidate, he is not even fit to be a low-ranking civil servant. He has no manners. A journalist should be cultured. You can’t just throw shoes.”

Reporting by Reuters Video News and Ahmed Aboulenein; writing by Peter Graff; editing by Andrew Roche

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