Monument for Iraqi who Threw His Shoe at Bush
By Just Stupid on Feb 4, 2009 in Stupid Countries
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – Just a few days after Irag’s peaceful elections, provided courtesy of President George Bush, an Iraqi town has unveiled a giant monument of a shoe in honor of the journalist who threw his footwear at former U.S. President George W. Bush.
The two-meter (six-foot) high statue, unveiled on Thursday in former dictator Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit, depicts a bronze-colored shoe, filled with a plastic shrub. "Muntazer: fasting until the sword breaks its fast with blood; silent until our mouths speak the truth," reads an inscription, in honor of journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who hurled his shoes at Bush and called him a "dog" at a news conference during the former president’s final visit to Iraq.
Zaidi has been held in jail in Baghdad since the incident, facing charges of assaulting a visiting head of state.
Fatin Abdul Qader, head of an orphanage and children’s organization in the town, said the one-and-a-half-tonne monument by artist Laith al-Amiri was titled "statue of glory and generosity."
"This statue is the least expression of our appreciation for Muntazer al-Zaidi, because Iraqi hearts were comforted by his throw," she said.
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Mary Lou | Feb 4, 2009 | Reply
Why just the shoe? Why not a bust of the man himself or even a whole figure. So, does this mean only the shoe was important?
Wayne | Feb 4, 2009 | Reply
Yes, it does. As you may or may not know, hitting or slapping someone with a shoe in this culture represents the ultimate expression of disdain and is utmost insulting to the recipient.
Travis S | Feb 5, 2009 | Reply
Is this why they put bombs in their shoes?
I heard they were AIR JORDANS
/subtle