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The man who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush here nearly a year ago in a brazen act that turned the little-known Iraqi journalist into a hero for many in the Arab world and crystallized the seething anger felt by many Iraqis for the...
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That Iraqi man has really started a trend. After the Israeli ambassador to Sweden was attacked with shoes, now it was time for another Israeli representative.
[A new...
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Free the Iraqi Shoe Thrower
Muntazer al-Zaidi become a hero in the Watton el-Arabi (Arab homeland) when he threw both his shoes at President Bush. al-Zaidi is still...
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