A hero’s welcome for the famous Iraqi shoe thrower

Zaidi catapulted into the international spotlight when he stood up in the middle of a press conference being given in December in Baghdad by President bush and the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.
“It is the farewell kiss, you dog,” he shouted before hurling the first shoe. “This is for the widows and orphans of Iraq,” [...]
September 14, 2009 | Posted in Politics | Read More »