Anyone know what the Iraqi said as he threw those shoes?

[proud2BlibKansan]

The Shoes We Longed For

The young journalist who took on Bush has become a unifying Iraqi symbol, a national hero

by Sami Ramadani

Within a few unlikely seconds, a pair of size 10 shoes have become the most destructive weapon the people of Iraq have managed to throw at the occupying powers, after nearly six years of occupation and formidable resistance. One Iraqi writer called the shoes, hurled by a journalist at George Bush, "Iraq's weapon of comprehensive destruction".

While the uprisings of Falluja, Najaf, Basra and Baghdad against the occupation will always remain as landmarks of a people resisting occupation, these incredible seconds have united Iraqis in the most dramatic fashion.

Contrary to most media coverage, the 28-year-old TV reporter Muntadhar al-Zaidi made history not by merely throwing a pair of shoes, the highest expression of insult in Iraqi culture, at the US president, but by what he said while doing so and as he was smothered by US and Iraqi security men. He groaned as they dragged him out of the press conference. They succeeded in silencing him - and according to his brother he was beaten in custody - but he had already said enough to shake the occupation and Nouri al-Maliki's Green Zone regime to their foundations.

Strip the words away, and his and the Iraqi people's cry of deep pain, anger and defiance would amount to no more than a shoe-throwing insult. But the words were heard.
"This is the farewell kiss, you dog," he shouted as he threw the first shoe.

The crucial line followed the second shoe:
"This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."

Once those words were heard, the impact of a pair of shoes became electrifying. A young journalist has put aside the demands of his profession, preferring to act as the loudest cry of his long-suffering people. If one considers the torture and killings in Iraqi and US jails that Muntadhar often mentioned in his reports for al-Baghdadia satellite TV station, he was certainly aware he risked being badly hurt.

more . . . http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/12/17-8

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. His was the voice of millions of Iraqis

and others who look at the appalling way Bush invaded a country and occupied it--not for 9/11 but for oil and Big Business.

[sam sarrha]

3. His was the voice of millions of Americans too

[malaise]

2. He spoke for his suffering people

and he spoke for me. Finally someone told George Bush and his puppets the truth and it was a brave Iraqi.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. He spoke for me too

[elehhhhna]

4. He spoke for me.

[rateyes]

6. Me, too. nt

[blogslut]

5. I didn't know about the second line accompanying the second shoe

To me, the whole thing is the perfect poetic end-statement to Bush's horrific administration. Muntadhar al-Zaidi acted for the world.

[goddess40]

10. American press

still carrying water for Bush. They seldom reported what the shoe thrower said.

[LiberalEsto]

8. Hang a shoe on your front door Jan. 19

as a "farewell kiss." That's what I'm doing.

I've decided to call January 20 Deliverance Day. We should make it a national holiday.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Great idea!!

[Road Scholar]

11. After Obama is sworn in, I wish Muntadhar al-Zaidi could come to the United

States and recieve proper recognition, maybe a medal for bravery and courage something, anything. That would be a helluva message for the Bushies.:toast:

[madrchsod]

12. the iraqi bloggers weigh in on the shoe incident........

http://last-of-iraqis.blogspot.com/2008/12/sacred-shoe.html

http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-w-bush-between-shoes-of.html

http://secretsinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/shoe-incident.html

http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/2008/12/instead-of-roses-iraqi-throws-shoes-at.html

http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2008/12/free-montather.html


links from http://asterism.blogspot.com/

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Great links

Thanks!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

14. I thought I heard him say

'fuck you you fucking fuck'........... :shrug: but then I may be mistaken :evilgrin:

[MadMaddie]

16. Ha..ha..ha...

I thought I heard what you heard...but heck I may be mistaken too....

[Warpy]

15. The Iraqis aren't stupid

and I hope they realize he'd be quite the martyr in both countries if they did anything to him.

I sincerely hope he'll be quietly released on or about January 20.

[LynnTheDem]

17. George W. bUsh doesn't understand what al-Zaidi's beef is.

Then again, George W. bUsh doesn't understand.


Anything.

[Gregorian]

18. So this man is more of a journalist than all of our media combined.

Mo flowers. Just shoes of truth.

I'm changing my avatar. To shoes.

[bertman]

19. It was a form of low-tech biological warfare. Despite what the (doctored) video shows,

one of the shoes did actually graze Bush's face, which accounts for our President's worsening case of Athlete's Face.

[Ani Yun Wiya]

20. This brave man's action.

Was the ONLY uplifting thing I have seen during the * years.

[lonestarnot]

21. "Fuck you!"

:shrug: :evilgrin:

[madokie]

22. His was the voice of mine too

I couldn't look at the bastards, dick and w, coming in but I damn sure can upon their exit

[LeftHander]

23. "Drink my corn juice, evil drunk cowboy!"....

[SpiralHawk]

24. "You fling the shoes you have, not the shoes you might want (to fling)." - Shoe Flinger

[peekaloo]

25. after you shine them add a little extra to the instep, asshole!