At a news conference yesterday during George Bush’s surprise visit to Iraq, a man identified as Muntadar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi television reporter, threw a shoe at Bush after yelling, “This is a farewell kiss, you dog.”
The shoe narrowly missed Bush, and after he tossed a second shoe, the man was forcibly removed from the room by Iraqi security.
Bush quipped, “All I can report is a size 10.”
Showing the sole of a shoe is considered an insult in many Middle Eastern cultures.
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In addition, strict Shiites consider dogs to be filthy vermin.
Yeah, but George Bush is no mug!
You realize of course, now TSA is going to forbid wearing of shoes on all domestic and international flights!