Posted on 12/16/2008 6:29:17 AM PST by RDTF
He may be a hero to millions of Iraqis but the “shoe man” has had to spend a second night in detention, during which he nursed a broken arm and ribs as well as cuts to his face, according to his brother.
Muntazer al-Zaidi rose to fame on Sunday when he threw his shoes at President George Bush during a Baghdad press conference, missing narrowly, in apparent protest at the actions of US troops over the past few years.
His brother, Durgham al-Zaidi, said he was told that Mr al-Zaidi is held by Iraqi forces in the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in central Baghdad, where the US embassy and most government offices are housed.
“He has got a broken arm and ribs, and cuts to his eye and arm,” he said. “He is being held by forces under the command of Muwafaq al-Rubaie [Iraq’s national security adviser]." Television pictures from the press conference show Mr al-Zaidi being carried away by prime ministerial guards but no sign of excess violence
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Well I sure hope so.
oh the poor dear...
at least he didn’t have panties put on his head
Free speech does have a price after all.....
If he WAS breathing, under Sadaam, he would be screaming.
He seems like the type of idiot who would fight back the law in a physical way, so they would have no choice but to subdue him violently too. He’s like any liberal - resents anyone in authority.
Poor baby.
Sorry, I’m going to want to see the broken arm and ribs and the cuts for myself before I believe this.
He threw pretty well for a guy with a broken arm and broken ribs. The Yankees will probably offer him a 40 million dollar contract.
Resistance and lack of respect for "authority" is not necessarily a "liberal" trait.
Guess he didn’t think there would be CONSEQUENCES for throwing a shoe at the leader of the free world.
I’m really tired of NOT hearing how embarrassed the Iraqi journalists were. Instead all we see are the films representing the support rallies.
“ournalist who threw shoes at Bush, Muntazer al-Zaidi, ‘has broken arm and ribs”
I think they should lock him in a cell and make him listen to Madonna all day and night.
Funny how this coward and others like him never had the courage to throw shoes at Saddam or even look at Qusay Hussein the wrong way.
Funny how all the media Leftists cheer this so-called “journalist” on but would never themselves have had any courage to throw shoes at Hussein.
Lesson learned - just let those suffering under tyrants continue to suffer forever.
Had an unreconstructed Nazi thrown his shoes at, say, Winston Churchill in 1945, would the British press have been equally exorcised?
dont even know if this report is true. why would iraq gov let this info out?
They’ve taken it as their pet cause for decades and run with it. It obtains their objectives because it’s always newsworthy and engenders sympathy in a large segment of the population who wonder what their cause is.
aw c’mon! the poor widdle baby has a boo boo. we should send Helen Thomas in to kiss it and make it aw better!
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