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BAGHDAD — To throw shoes at the president of the greatest superpower in the world is not something that you see every day in Iraq. It never happened before, and who knows when it will happen again.

The Iraqi journalist, Muntader al-Zaidi, 28, a correspondent for Al Baghdadia, an independent Iraqi station, stood up about 3.5 meters, about 12 feet, from Bush and shouted in Arabic: "This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog!" He then threw a shoe at Bush, who ducked and narrowly avoided it.

As stunned security agents and guards, officials and journalists watched, Zaidi then threw his other shoe, shouting in Arabic, "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!" That shoe also narrowly missed Bush as Maliki stuck a hand in front of the president's face to help shield him _ (International Herald Tribune)

During the press conference Mr. Bush said: “That’s what people do in a free society, draw attention to themselves.” Well, I don’t know how true is this but I know one thing: no one during Saddam’s era would have dared to think about doing that. He would have been executed, and maybe also his family, and the journalists who witnessed the incident. (Atheer Kakan)

ViDEO

I don't know either he was wrong or right. I just know I would have liked somebody to do it soon or later. No one in the world can blame on that journalist. Somehow it did not feel wrong, at least to me...