Al-Zaidi faces up to 15 years in prison for hurling shoes at Bush.
By on Dec 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Al-Zaidi faces up to 15 years in prison for hurling shoes at Bush.
Muntader al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush, appeared before a judge today in Baghdad and admitted to “the action he carried out.” Reuters reports that “the court decided to keep Zaidi in custody” and that after an investigation is completed, “the court may send him for trial under a clause in the Iraqi penal code that makes it an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign presidents.” Abdul Satar Birqadr, a spokesman for Iraq’s High Judicial Council said that al-Zaidi faces up to 15 years in prison.
Update Asked today by CNN's Candy Crowley whether or not Al-Zaidi would be released, President Bush said, "I don't know what they're going to do - he's - I’m not even sure what his status is. They shouldn't overreact."
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Wow, 15 years for attempted murder with a shoe. Good thing he was the sole perpetrator.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pman offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign presidents.
– - What, a slow death from athlete’s foot?
December 16th, 2008 at 5:04 pm“murder”? With a pair of shoes? So much for the only democracy in the Arab world.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:04 pmI don’t think so……
December 16th, 2008 at 5:05 pm“the court may send him for trial under a clause in the Iraqi penal code that makes it an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign presidents.”
Oh, Come on.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:07 pmThat’s just f_cking ridiculous.
I am sure his shoes did not stink that badly.
Nice Democracy we have built there….30 days at the most is more than enough.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:08 pm…and that would be for missing Bush.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:10 pmQ must have installed a ‘heel-bomb’ in the sole of his camel skin sneakers before agent double-ott buck-shot accepted his mission.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:11 pmmurder?
yumpin yimminy!
he was chucking a loafer at a stupid loafer and for that he gets 15 years?!?!
and what about all those goddamn penguins (nuns) that tossed chalkboard erasers at my head in catholic school? nothing! scot-free!
December 16th, 2008 at 5:16 pmWow. The Iraqi gubmint really wants to seal its own death warrant? This guy is a hero across the Arab world. The Iraqi gubmint would not commit suicide this way, would it?
December 16th, 2008 at 5:18 pmHe deserves the Medal of Freedom.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:18 pmIf shoes are now to be considered deadly weapons, the next step will be to have everyone travel naked.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:19 pmAnd Bush’s sentence for all his crimes?
Why a presidential library, of course. And speaking engagements. And (eventually) book deals.
Nice.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:20 pmLet him go. Most of the world agrees with him.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pm“the court may send him for trial under a clause in the Iraqi penal code that makes it an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign presidents.”
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Wow – Iraq needs a separate clause for attempted murder of a world president?
I wonder if there’s a different penalty for attempted regicide.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pmThat man should be made a saint, not thrown in jail.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pmYes, how this man is treated will say much about the version of democracy America exported.
If he’s beaten in custody, what will the U.S. say? If he’s held in prison for decades, what is America’s response?
December 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pmAlejandro Says:
Wow. The Iraqi gubmint really wants to seal its own death warrant? This guy is a hero across the Arab world. The Iraqi gubmint would not commit suicide this way, would it?
December 16th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
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My guess is that it’s all a set-up for a last-minute pardon by al-Maliki and/or al-Bush.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:22 pmBush could defuse this whole thing but, George is so far gone morally that he will probably fly back to Iraq to watch his “trial”
December 16th, 2008 at 5:23 pmSee! The Iraqi people are SOOOOO much better off now thanks to our invasion!
For simple political dissent, you get 15 years!
Back in the bad days, you got shot.
Ahhhh, sweet progress.
/semi-snark
December 16th, 2008 at 5:25 pmIf this were the USA, I’d say the DA was announcing an especially stringent interpretation and the whole thing would be plea bargained down.
But in Iraq ? I don’t know the system there.
But as mentioned above, if he is conviced by “murder by athlete’s foot” (and athlete’s foot is quite painful), Iraq will be the laughingstock of the world.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:28 pmI thought chimpy killed Hussein.
A tp poster said this would happen. The poster said chimpy would take revenge.
This can not happen to Mr. Al-Zaidi.
Is there a petition website?
December 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pmJust goes to show how the world is base over apex. Iraqi thow a shoe, go to jail; US Prez, lie, invade, kill, maim and get great retirement beni’s.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pmIraqi penal code that makes it an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign presidents.
Gawd, that sounds so fake.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:30 pmMy shoes beat my feet to death everyday…if only Botch could just walk one day in my shoes…
December 16th, 2008 at 5:32 pmJudging from the reported response of the Iraqi people, any judge who dared sentence him would have to move to Antarctica.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:33 pmBadmoodman Says:
an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign presidents.
- – What, a slow death from athlete’s foot?
Do you think the defense could show that Bush has already had “athletes tongue” for years previous to the “deadly shoe assault”?
December 16th, 2008 at 5:37 pmI’m really hoping Bush steps in (or someone) and says something about that. It’s ridiculous regardless of the law system.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:41 pmWow. Yeah, those Iraqis should be *very* grateful for all the “liberation” we’ve brought them… 15 years in prison for what was essentially political dissent?
Yeah, I’d call that liberation, all right.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pmI am with Toasterhead at 18. No way this guy gets that much time.
Some good news from the article that might put to rest the topic of an earlier thread:
“According to The Associated Press, Al Baghdadia reported that Zaidi had been “seriously injured” during his detention and called on the government to allow lawyers and the Iraqi Red Crescent to visit him. Later, however, one of his brothers said that he had spoken by telephone with Zaidi, who told him, “Thank God, I am in good health,” The AP reported.”
December 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pmAttempted murder with a shoe?
Bush’s head must be even softer than I thought.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:48 pmNettles Says:
Yesterday, throwing a shoe in Muslim culture was the “highest form of insult”, the most disrespectful gesture one man could offer another. Now that it’s time to pay the piper, liberals scream bloody murder that the punishment doesn’t fit the crime.
“Insult” = “attempted murder”? In what universe is that?
December 16th, 2008 at 5:50 pmThose must be some wicked kinda shoes that could murder by smacking a dumfuk in the head..
December 16th, 2008 at 5:54 pmI think he should get the Nobel Peace Prize.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:55 pmI figger Al-Zaidi was wearing a pair of Nunn-Bush loafers…
December 16th, 2008 at 5:56 pmIt sher LOOKS like AL-Zaidi scores a direct hit!
December 16th, 2008 at 5:58 pmgummitch, you missed an important part. To a Bushist, it is not just the insult to Bush which is punishable. What is even more unacceptable to them is the political dissent.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:58 pmBush: “They shouldn’t overreact.”
Well for crying outloud Bush, use your head and turn it to your advantage! Oh no, not George The Simple. Ask them to release him as a piece of good will to the people in Iraq that hate you. Bush has NO sense of the situation for Muntader. Not Muntader’s view, nor his experiences that Bush created for him, nor his position in custody.
Hell, buy him some new shoes at least.
George The Simple strikes again.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:00 pmThe crime was “lese majeste’ and it’s never greeted favorably by the majestes…
December 16th, 2008 at 6:01 pmAttempted murder? It seems to me that this can’t even be considered assault since he missed his target (darn!). How about attempted assault or malicious mischief. Or since he is considered a hero throughout most of the world, how about let’s give him a medal and let him go home.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:02 pmNettles Says:
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Yesterday, throwing a shoe in Muslim culture was the “highest form of insult”, the most disrespectful gesture one man could offer another. Now that it’s time to pay the piper, liberals scream bloody murder that the punishment doesn’t fit the crime.
Which one is it? If Zaidi committed such a ballsy display of “political dissent”(Raynman), he wouild accept his sentence.
Y’know, I hate to back a fellow Troll (just a matter of principle, nothing against you Nettles) but he has a point here.
Think of the psychology of this whole mini-drama. The shoe thing is a terrible insult. It was also assault. But to the Arab mind, I almost think the insult was more profound. After all, he did no harm, Bush blew it off and even seemed to be laughing at the guy as he was dodging, yet the man is a raging hero to the Arab street.
What is the Iraqi government to do? They can’t do nothing – that would be tacit agreement that Bush is a Dog worthy of a shoe sole. They just concluded a major SOFA with Bush, and for now the survival of the government is still dependent on good relations with America. No punishment is not an option.
But then, any punishment at all will result in protest and unrest. I’d venture to say that the only way they can prevent Sadr City from exploding is to pin a medal on the guy and free him right away – which they can’t do for reasons stated above.
This might have just been the act of a frustrated and angry individual, but the repercussions seem much larger than that. If I were a political group who wanted to give the US and Iraqi government headaches, this would sure be an easy way to do it.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:09 pmAl-Zaidi has become a great world hero… think some minds will change when the fool sociopath leaves office Jan. 20? Maybe this is only for show for now…. can’t comprehend anyone from that region justifying 15 years of prison over a deed most, maybe all are joyous about.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:13 pmYet another reason the Bushbots need to see this man receive a massively unreasonable punishment. Keltoi is worried about the precious SOFA agreement railroaded through by Bush and his toady al-Maliki.
al-Zaidi will pay a high price for:
1.)insulting the Bushgod in his conquered land
2.)political dissent in the conquered land of the Bushgod
3.)jeopardizing the best laid plans of the Bushgod in his conquered land
Keltoi and Nettles agree with the other 23% of Americans, that such effrontery to their Bushgod will not be tolerated in his conquered land.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:20 pmAll kidding aside, I don’t think that anyone would object to a charge of simple assault (not battery, since he missed) and an appropriate sentence in accordance with Iraqi law. However, if Chimpy doesn’t make a public effort to mitigate al-Zaidi’s punishment? He will become a martyr to millions of disaffected citizens of the Mideast who may have been willing to forgive the Chimp once he’s gone. If he fails al-Zaidi? He will have to spend the rest of his life in hiding.
NOTE: He may have to spend the rest of his life in hiding, regardless of how al-Zaidi is treated but, martyring an international hero could well be the final, fatal, error.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:20 pmIf I was part of the Bush criminal enterprise, I would get very used to having things thrown at me. Of course, the farther away they get from America, the more profound the weapons will be. Only in America does the MSM white wash the havoc and chaos Bush has visited upon Iraq. The American people are mostly fools who believe what we do – especially in the name of FREEDOM – is not as important as the ultimate goal of making sure everybody looks like we do. The rest of the planet sees through the neocon mist and understands the reality of greed and incompetence.
The US – especially Congress – is still too flacid and frightened to say anything about Bush’s crimes. They will happen again – most likely under another Republican regime bent on taking us to the extremes of the taliban.
So Bush had a shoe thrown at him? It is simply the beginning.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:21 pmYeah, Keltoi, think a second: if it were your brother who did this – tell us again how sensible and just the Iraqis are being sentencing Al-Zaidi to 15 years in prison, ok?
December 16th, 2008 at 6:29 pmshoeless Says:
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Yet another reason the Bushbots need to see this man receive a massively unreasonable punishment. Keltoi is worried about the precious SOFA agreement railroaded through by Bush and his toady al-Maliki.
al-Zaidi will pay a high price for:
1.)insulting the Bushgod in his conquered land
2.)political dissent in the conquered land of the Bushgod
3.)jeopardizing the best laid plans of the Bushgod in his conquered land
Keltoi and Nettles agree with the other 23% of Americans, that such effrontery to their Bushgod will not be tolerated in his conquered land.
C’mon, shoeless, debate with some integrity and don’t tell me what I am saying when I am neither saying it or thinking it. I have never called for a massive unreasonable punishment, but I also think no punishment is inappropriate.
When I heard he was looking at 2 to 7 years (yesterday) I was thinking six months about right. If they really try to hit him with an offense carrying a 15 year penalty….maybe he will be lucky to get 2 years, but that seems excessive to me.
Although, again, what would an American get sentenced to if they did this in America? Not 15 years, but not six months, either.
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Leftside Annie Says:
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Yeah, Keltoi, think a second: if it were your brother who did this – tell us again how sensible and just the Iraqis are being sentencing Al-Zaidi to 15 years in prison, ok?
Annie, show me anywhere, anywhere where I said this guy deserved 15 years in the klink. Never said it, never believed it. I stand by the political dilemma I describe in 43. Something has to happen to this guy. If journalists get to throw things at heads of state because they hate them and there are no consequences, the very foundation of a free press is undermined.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:33 pmNah. I’m thinking that if Bush gave a rat’s ass what anyone in the Middle East thought, he wouldn’t have conquered one of their countries and murdered hundreds of thousands of them for fun and profit.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:34 pmNettles Says:
Yesterday, throwing a shoe in Muslim culture was the “highest form of insult”, the most disrespectful gesture one man could offer another. Now that it’s time to pay the piper, liberals scream bloody murder that the punishment doesn’t fit the crime.
Do you think you should get the death penalty because you have no brain?
Because you having no functioning cognitive abilities, yet posting anyway is insulting to the whole world.
Would that punishment fit your crime?
December 16th, 2008 at 6:35 pmF_cking moron.
Keltoi at Night Says:
Y’know, I hate to back a fellow Troll (just a matter of principle, nothing against you Nettles) but he has a point here.
No, really, he doesn’t.
If you threw a pie at George Bush, would you expect to spend 15 years in the clink? Insulting a president is supposed to be an expression of free speech, at least in a “democracy.” If he’d given the pres the finger, would you still think this was appropriate? What if he’d hollered, “You suck!”
December 16th, 2008 at 6:35 pmAs always, you prove very adept at missing the most important point. To an Iraqi journalist, Bush is no ordinary head of state. He is a murderous rampaging conqueror.
Murderous rampaging conquerors should expect to get things thrown at them by those whom they murder, rampage, and conquer.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:39 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Annie, show me anywhere, anywhere where I said this guy deserved 15 years in the klink. Never said it, never believed it. I stand by the political dilemma I describe in 43. Something has to happen to this guy. If journalists get to throw things at heads of state because they hate them and there are no consequences, the very foundation of a free press is undermined.
Hyperbole much?
What is the foundation of a free press, Keltoi?
December 16th, 2008 at 6:42 pmshoeless Says:
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Keltoi at Night Says:
If journalists get to throw things at heads of state because they hate them and there are no consequences, the very foundation of a free press is undermined.
As always, you prove very adept at missing the most important point. To an Iraqi journalist, Bush is no ordinary head of state. He is a murderous rampaging conqueror.
Murderous rampaging conquerors should expect to get things thrown at them by those whom they murder, rampage, and conquer.
Murdering rampaging conquerors summarily execute people who offend/assault them. Like, oh, Saddam, say, who this guys family used to work for.
You cannot base the protections afforded world leaders on how popular they are. That is an invitation to chaos.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:44 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Y’know, I hate to back a fellow Troll (just a matter of principle, nothing against you Nettles) but he has a point here.
Yeah, and do you think a student that shoots a spitwad at you in class should get tried for attempted murder instead of being sent to after school detention for a week?
You defending Nutbaggles makes me wonder about you and your thought processes Kel.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:45 pmgummitch Says:
Hyperbole much?
What is the foundation of a free press, Keltoi?
That their right to print or say anything they want is sacred.
In order to do this with the best information, they are granted access to political leaders that ordinary citizens could never get. With this special access comes responsibilty.
If you stood up during a press conference and started screaming epithets at the people who invited you there, you should lose your credentials to attend such meetings. If you actually assault those who invited you, you are doing a free press no favors.
Seriously gummitch, do you think this guy should just walk? And does that mean that all reporters must now surrender their shoes before entering a press conference?
December 16th, 2008 at 6:49 pmWayne Says:
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Keltoi at Night Says:
Y’know, I hate to back a fellow Troll (just a matter of principle, nothing against you Nettles) but he has a point here.
Yeah, and do you think a student that shoots a spitwad at you in class should get tried for attempted murder instead of being sent to after school detention for a week?
You defending Nutbaggles makes me wonder about you and your thought processes Kel.
Well, what he said got me thinking, and I haven’t noticed anyone directly addressing the issues I raised in 43.
And I never send kids to detention.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:51 pmWorld leaders should not go around the world murdering rampaging and conquering. That is an invitation to chaos
December 16th, 2008 at 6:54 pmDid you miss #46, Keltoi? Here’s a repeat for ya.
All kidding aside, I don’t think that anyone would object to a charge of simple assault (not battery, since he missed) and an appropriate sentence in accordance with Iraqi law.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:57 pmShoeless:
I wasn’t suggesting that Chimpy will have the good sense to do all he can to keep al-Zahidi from a harsh punishment. Just my thoughts re. turning an international hero into a martyr.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:59 pmI did. You want this guy punished because the popularity of his actions may jeopardize the SOFA agreement that Bush and his lackey, al-Maliki conspired upon.
You can stick Bush’s SOFA up your ass.
December 16th, 2008 at 6:59 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Well, what he said got me thinking, and I haven’t noticed anyone directly addressing the issues I raised in 43.
Because charging someone with attempted murder for throwing a shoe is ridiculous and trying to pass BS reasons as to why this is a “good thing” or something they have to do is just as ridiculous.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:02 pmHell of a job we’ve done over there, especially with the legal system which, theoretically was modeled after our own. i guess they left out the part of “let the punsihment fit the crime”.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:04 pmNot surprising, and don’t think that’s just because it’s Iraq. The U.S. does crazy over-charging for political crimes too.
In other news, shoeless now officially has the coolest username around.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:06 pmGotta go…this story is going to be around awhile.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:07 pmtwacy,
December 16th, 2008 at 7:10 pmsorry to point out the obvious, assclown but, how can you push for a pardon when he hasn’t even been tried or convicted? furthermore, why would the sovreign nation of iraq listen to a bliterhing idiot’s request for a pardon? to cement the belief in the mideast iraq is nothing but a puppet government run by the united states?
Close Tracy-5 but I was looking for you two more down…
December 16th, 2008 at 7:16 pmI am confused by the tv doesn’t lie part and the part obout the gentleman being a disgruntled Saddam supporter. Please clarify.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:18 pmThanks
WTF? The stupid troll says something sensible? Methinks he’s lying.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:19 pmThat didn’t hold up for long.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:20 pmKeltoi at Night Says:
Some good news from the article that might put to rest the topic of an earlier thread:
“According to The Associated Press, Al Baghdadia reported that Zaidi had been “seriously injured” during his detention and called on the government to allow lawyers and the Iraqi Red Crescent to visit him. Later, however, one of his brothers said that he had spoken by telephone with Zaidi, who told him, “Thank God, I am in good health,” The AP reported.”
Comparatively speaking.
The sentence will be just long enough for his casts come off, and his contusions to heal.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:21 pmCan’t help picturing Richard Reid in a cell somewhere, thinking “man, I should have thrown ‘em…”
December 16th, 2008 at 7:27 pm“the guy has said that he wishes Saddam was still in power and his family members has said that he was a supporter of Saddam’s Baath party.”
i am sure you’ll be able to provide a reliable source for that claim right, twacy?
December 16th, 2008 at 7:30 pmtwacy, repeating yourself in two different posts is not a credible link. try again sweetcheeks.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:33 pmPosts twice and still can’t get the spelling right..
December 16th, 2008 at 7:34 pmKept in custody-Iraqi shoe tosser
Free on bail-$50 billion Ponzi schemer
December 16th, 2008 at 7:34 pmnettles you are an idiot. Tossing a shoe at someone is NOT attempted murder that is just stupid. Bush deserves a lot more disrespect than he got. In a just world he would be doing a few decades for warcrimes.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:45 pmTracy, why do you hate the Iraqi people?
Is it because they are swarthy?
December 16th, 2008 at 8:14 pmSee the story on Bush’s “free market system”.
Bush has temporarily abandoned Ponzi schemes in order to save the Ponzi scheme system.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:18 pmWhat’s your point? It’s his goddamn country you fool. It’s none of your business who he wants in charge of HIS OWN COUNTRY! Stop acting as if you and your conquering emperor have a right to dictate who runs someone else’s fricking country!
Mind your own goddamn business!
December 16th, 2008 at 8:24 pmRemember when the guy spoiled Cheney’s token Katrina appearance by shouting, “hey Mr. Cheney go F— yourself”. Whatever happened to him. Personally, anybody who stands up to this criminal regime is a hero, in my book.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:32 pmDid you know that Dick Cheney has a man-sized safe?
December 16th, 2008 at 8:43 pmCheney may have o lock himself in that safe after admitting to promoting torture and that the rationale for invading Iraq was bogus and nothing more than a sales job. I say lock him in it and drop it to the bottom of the deepest ocean.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:44 pmI have read the posts by Keltoi, and it appears he is reflecting BOTH sides of why and why not the ShoeMan should be punished. I know Keltoi from other sites, and he is an Independent thinker like myself, that can just as easily find fault in Liberal ideas as well as Conservative. You know that Spock thing……Find the most logical point of view, especially when it comes down to helping the common person.
The ShoeMan did a courageous act, and should be praised, and maybe jailed for 2 weeks as a symbolic act, but not this attempted murder nonsense. The government wants U.S. dictatorship and money, and the people dislike their government and the U.S. government, much like the people in the USA dislike their government.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:03 pmKeltoi’s problem is that he wants to pretend that Bush is just another world leader visiting Iraq, and he deserves respect from the Iraqi people.
That is delusional, and there seems to be no cure for this psychosis amongst those still afflicted.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:08 pmrhf, Tracy is an architect who designs leaky buildings, and uses unskilled labor to build them. He thinks the disintegration of Iraq’s infrastructure and the shoddy, inadequate, already crumbling rebuilding is a good thing.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:22 pmshoeless Says:
Keltoi’s problem is that he wants to pretend that Bush is just another world leader visiting Iraq, and he deserves respect from the Iraqi people.
I will not speak for Keltoi other than I disagree with you. Myself, I think Bush is a horrible, psychotic, sociopathic, and delusional Neocon. He was fortunate that Shoeman was not Dog-Bag-of-Crap Man or worse. In the U.S. or in Central America, they would have shot this guy. It will be curious how they are going to prove attempted murder. Even Maxwell Smart’s shoephone could only act as a telephone.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:51 pmSHAME ON THE PUPPET GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ! FREE AL-ZAIDI NOW!!!!!!!!!!! I HOPE MALIKI GETS SOME SHOES TOO!!!
December 17th, 2008 at 12:31 amAn invasion, and an occupation. Many bombs dropped on a country that posed no threat. Many more bullets shot against innocent civilians. Torture, rape, and death unleashed on people who didn’t do anything wrong. But the masterminds and architects of this humanitarian disaster face no consequences for their actions.
Two shoes hurled at one of said masterminds and now the thrower is facing up to 15 years worth of jail time.
It may just be me, but I think justice is not being served here.
December 17th, 2008 at 2:31 amVery sad indeed to see Our Mr President dodge an on comming shoe. It would be very befited should in land on the Mr President Face.
After spending billion of the tax payer money and killing more then 2 million civillian. Least to say the death of 4200 lives of the young soldier. For what! Their death are all in vain.
Sad to think these young brave conbatant gone the thier graves thinking that they have done a good deed. But in actual fact none of those.
Asking the Iraqi people to foot the war bill is a slap in the face to any sane human. How do you compensate a gangster who ransack your house, rape your childred and kill women and childred?
To Mr President and war monger, may you have sleepless night for the rest of your live and all rot in hell.
December 17th, 2008 at 3:01 amI know only a saint would do so, but I wish Bush (and his voters) had reacted to 9/11 a bit more like he reacts to the shoe…
I wish all the best to Al-Zaidi!
From a possibly somewhat naive dutchman…
December 17th, 2008 at 8:41 amAl-Zaidi shouldn’t be in jail; he should be given a medal!
December 17th, 2008 at 9:25 amSo I assume all those Americans who threw eggs at Bush’s motorcade on the way to the 2001 inauguration are in prison as well, right?
December 17th, 2008 at 12:14 pmWasn’t Mike Brady an architect?
December 17th, 2008 at 5:42 pm