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For most non-Arabs, the shoe-throwing didn't appear as an insult.
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To most Westerners it was just bizarre. I knew what the significance of the shoe throwing was, but it was more humorous to me than anything. Also, it occurred to me how much Iraq has changed since the fall of Saddam. Bush doesn't really care about someone throwing a shoe at him, but the real significance is the ability of people in Iraq to actually show displeasure with a situation.
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I am westerner but also learned to understand other cultures in this world; thats why I understood that sign as throwing by shoe how arabs understand it. Haven´t you other westerners ever think why so many times you have seen in news how arabs walk over foreign flags (like Isreal or USA)?
By the way, I have some extra pairs of shoes with me... :X
By the way, I have some extra pairs of shoes with me... :X
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Shoe thrower 'beaten in custody'
The brother of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush has said that the reporter has been beaten in custody.
Muntadar al-Zaidi has allegedly suffered a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding, his older brother, Dargham, told the BBC.
Mr Zaidi threw his shoes at Mr Bush at a news conference, calling him "a dog".
A spokesperson for the Iraqi military says the journalist is in good health and said the allegations were untrue. (LIARS!)
It is unclear whether the reporter may have been injured when he was wrestled to the floor at the news conference, or at a later point.
The head of Iraq's journalists' union has asked the government for clemency towards the journalist who is still in custody.
A spokesman for Iraq's High Judicial Council said that Mr Zaidi, accompanied by defence and prosecution lawyers, had been brought before the investigating judge, Reuters news agency reported.
Abdul Satar Birqadr said Mr Zaidi had been charged with aggression against a president.
"He admits the action he carried out," the news agency quoted Mr Birqadr as saying.
Earlier, Dargham al-Zaidi told the BBC's Caroline Wyatt in Baghdad he believed his brother had been taken to a US military hospital in the Iraqi capital. (Hand him over to US huh?)
Hero figure
A second day of rallies in support of Mr Zaidi were held across Iraq, calling for his release.
Meanwhile, offers to buy the shoes he threw are being made around the Arab world, reports say.
Mr Zaidi told our correspondent that despite offers from many lawyers his brother has not been given access to a legal representative since being arrested by forces under the command of Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser.
The Iraqi authorities have said the 28-year-old will be prosecuted under Iraqi law.
Iraqi lawyers had earlier speculated that the charges could include insulting a foreign leader and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, who was standing next to President Bush during the incident.
The offence carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail.
Our correspondent says that the previously little-known journalist from the private Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV has become a hero to many, not just in Iraq but across the Arab world, for what many saw as a fitting send-off for a deeply unpopular US president.
As he flung the shoes, Mr Zaidi shouted: "This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog."
Dargham al-Zaidi told the BBC that his brother deliberately bought Iraqi-made shoes, which were dark brown with laces. They were bought from a shop on al-Khyam street, a well-known shopping street in central Baghdad.
However, not everyone in Iraq has been supportive of the journalist's action.
Speaking earlier in Baghdad, Mouyyad al-Lami described Mr Zaidi's action as "strange and unprofessional", but urged Mr Maliki to show compassion.
"Even if he has made a mistake, the government and the judiciary are broad-minded and we hope they consider his release because he has a family and he is still young," he told the Associated Press news agency.
"We hope this case ends before going to court."
Abducted by insurgents
The shoes themselves are said to have attractedbids from around the Arab world.
According to unconfirmed newspaper reports, the former coach of the Iraqi national football team, Adnan Hamad, has offered $100,000 (£65,000) for the shoes, while a Saudi citizen has apparently offered $10m (£6.5m).
The daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Aicha, said her charity would honour the reporter with a medal of courage, saying his action was a "victory for human rights".
The charity called on the media to support Mr Zaidi and put pressure on the Iraqi government to free him.
Mr Zaidi, who lives in Baghdad, has worked for al-Baghdadia for three years.
Muzhir al-Khafaji, programming director for the channel, described him as a "proud Arab and an open-minded man".
He said that Mr Zaidi was a graduate of communications from Baghdad University.
"He has no ties with the former regime. His family was arrested under Saddam's regime," he said.
Mr Zaidi has previously been abducted by insurgents and held twice for questioning by US forces in Iraq.
In November 2007 he was kidnapped by a gang on his way to work in central Baghdad and released three days later without a ransom.
He said at the time that the kidnappers had beaten him until he lost consciousness, and used his necktie to blindfold him.
Mr Zaidi never learned the identity of his kidnappers, who questioned him about his work before letting him go.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7785338.stm
In the east, throwing a shoe in your face is the same as spitting in your face if not worst. It is an indication to show the value, worth and respect that person deserves.
Westerners may not get it but the whole Arab world got it, the whole Asian world got it also, including non-Muslims like chinese and japanese.
The brother of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush has said that the reporter has been beaten in custody.
Muntadar al-Zaidi has allegedly suffered a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding, his older brother, Dargham, told the BBC.
Mr Zaidi threw his shoes at Mr Bush at a news conference, calling him "a dog".
A spokesperson for the Iraqi military says the journalist is in good health and said the allegations were untrue. (LIARS!)
It is unclear whether the reporter may have been injured when he was wrestled to the floor at the news conference, or at a later point.
The head of Iraq's journalists' union has asked the government for clemency towards the journalist who is still in custody.
A spokesman for Iraq's High Judicial Council said that Mr Zaidi, accompanied by defence and prosecution lawyers, had been brought before the investigating judge, Reuters news agency reported.
Abdul Satar Birqadr said Mr Zaidi had been charged with aggression against a president.
"He admits the action he carried out," the news agency quoted Mr Birqadr as saying.
Earlier, Dargham al-Zaidi told the BBC's Caroline Wyatt in Baghdad he believed his brother had been taken to a US military hospital in the Iraqi capital. (Hand him over to US huh?)
Hero figure
A second day of rallies in support of Mr Zaidi were held across Iraq, calling for his release.
Meanwhile, offers to buy the shoes he threw are being made around the Arab world, reports say.
Mr Zaidi told our correspondent that despite offers from many lawyers his brother has not been given access to a legal representative since being arrested by forces under the command of Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser.
The Iraqi authorities have said the 28-year-old will be prosecuted under Iraqi law.
Iraqi lawyers had earlier speculated that the charges could include insulting a foreign leader and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, who was standing next to President Bush during the incident.
The offence carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail.
Our correspondent says that the previously little-known journalist from the private Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV has become a hero to many, not just in Iraq but across the Arab world, for what many saw as a fitting send-off for a deeply unpopular US president.
As he flung the shoes, Mr Zaidi shouted: "This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog."
Dargham al-Zaidi told the BBC that his brother deliberately bought Iraqi-made shoes, which were dark brown with laces. They were bought from a shop on al-Khyam street, a well-known shopping street in central Baghdad.
However, not everyone in Iraq has been supportive of the journalist's action.
Speaking earlier in Baghdad, Mouyyad al-Lami described Mr Zaidi's action as "strange and unprofessional", but urged Mr Maliki to show compassion.
"Even if he has made a mistake, the government and the judiciary are broad-minded and we hope they consider his release because he has a family and he is still young," he told the Associated Press news agency.
"We hope this case ends before going to court."
Abducted by insurgents
The shoes themselves are said to have attractedbids from around the Arab world.
According to unconfirmed newspaper reports, the former coach of the Iraqi national football team, Adnan Hamad, has offered $100,000 (£65,000) for the shoes, while a Saudi citizen has apparently offered $10m (£6.5m).
The daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Aicha, said her charity would honour the reporter with a medal of courage, saying his action was a "victory for human rights".
The charity called on the media to support Mr Zaidi and put pressure on the Iraqi government to free him.
Mr Zaidi, who lives in Baghdad, has worked for al-Baghdadia for three years.
Muzhir al-Khafaji, programming director for the channel, described him as a "proud Arab and an open-minded man".
He said that Mr Zaidi was a graduate of communications from Baghdad University.
"He has no ties with the former regime. His family was arrested under Saddam's regime," he said.
Mr Zaidi has previously been abducted by insurgents and held twice for questioning by US forces in Iraq.
In November 2007 he was kidnapped by a gang on his way to work in central Baghdad and released three days later without a ransom.
He said at the time that the kidnappers had beaten him until he lost consciousness, and used his necktie to blindfold him.
Mr Zaidi never learned the identity of his kidnappers, who questioned him about his work before letting him go.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7785338.stm
In the east, throwing a shoe in your face is the same as spitting in your face if not worst. It is an indication to show the value, worth and respect that person deserves.
Westerners may not get it but the whole Arab world got it, the whole Asian world got it also, including non-Muslims like chinese and japanese.
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You're missing the point. A shoe isn't going to kill anyone, the man wasn't expecting it to knock Bush dead. He hurled a shoe at him to make a statement, that you don't kill our families, destroy our country, then apologize, and expect us to smile and thank you for it. As for a shoe being thrown at you not being an insult, what else would it be? It's not exactly common practice to throw things at people you like..
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Well said sis
. What would people rather this man did? Plant a bomb killing innocent people in order to show his anger? Or directly release his anger in the form of an insult directly to the culprit. Bush.
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Well said sis
Yeah, make shoes, not bombs!
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If everyone had been throwing shoes in the past 5 years, there would have been no Bush-shoe incident.
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Yes, we must imediately brainwash every army in the world into holding Arab customs, then replace their guns with shoes and slippers. For bombs, bundles of pongy socks will be used.
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yea, lets start with the war criminals of the west so further holocausts can be avoided...
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Assalamu Alaikum
This bro is simply amazing, mashallah.
I was just thinking, if my mom threw the shoes, I bet it'd hit him! Arab moms never seem to miss, no matter how good your reflexes are, May Allah protect the mothers of the ummah ameen.
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This bro is simply amazing, mashallah.
my mum called me when it came on aljazeera and i started rolling on the carpet from laughter and she closed the sitting room door...which made me think i was gonna be the next victim of a shoe hit
I was just thinking, if my mom threw the shoes, I bet it'd hit him! Arab moms never seem to miss, no matter how good your reflexes are
, May Allah protect the mothers of the ummah ameen.fi aman allah
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We must make Dua for his release. He has apparently suffered broken bones due to being man handled.
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Assalamu Alaikum
This bro is simply amazing, mashallah.
I was just thinking, if my mom threw the shoes, I bet it'd hit him! Arab moms never seem to miss, no matter how good your reflexes are
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Yeah mashaa'Allaah somehow mothers have good aim, if my mom had done it should would have hit him with both shoes and then some. I really couldn't believe it when I saw it, I was shocked and then burst into laughter.
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Were the shoes thrown from a point-blank range? If so, it proves that the "hero" was not fit for even throwing shoes and also, that the "enemy" has superb reflexes and nothing is going to get him.
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I agree with user 'Crayon', it's about the symbolism, the shoe represents an insult to George W, irregardless of whether it hits him or not... it's actually good it didn't hit him because then the reporter would have been in a LOT of trouble, the american FBI or CIA or whatever would not take kindly to it, and a man with so much courage would be in a lot of trouble...
it's not about the shoe, it's about the courage of people to take a stand and let their voice be heard
it's not about the shoe, it's about the courage of people to take a stand and let their voice be heard
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True that the shoes did not hit Bush 
at least that shoes did something, if you notice when the journalist threw his second one, it hit the US flag not the Iraq one which include the word Allahu Akbar.....subhan allah
at least that shoes did something, if you notice when the journalist threw his second one, it hit the US flag not the Iraq one which include the word Allahu Akbar.....subhan allah