Bush on farewell Iraq visit dodges flying shoes.Watch the link lol

by **AL_farouq** Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:56 am

Iraqi reporter calls US president a "dog"
Bush on farewell Iraq visit dodges flying shoes.
BAGHDAD (Agencies)

An Iraqi reporter called U.S. President George W. Bush a "dog" and threw his shoes at him on Sunday, sullying a farewell visit to Baghdad meant to mark greater security in Iraq after years of bloodshed.

In a sign of lingering anger over the war that will define Bush’s foreign policy legacy, an Iraqi journalist shouted in Arabic "this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog," and hurled his shoes at Bush during a news conference with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Throwing shoes at somebody is a supreme insult in the Middle East. One of the shoes sailed over the president's head and slammed into the wall behind him and he had to duck to miss the other one. Maliki tried to block the second shoe with his arm.

The sole of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.
The White House said Bush ducked to avoid the first shoe, while the second narrowly missed the president.

http://www.aljazeera.com/mm/video/video.php?op=showvideo&vidid=855