A New Hero in the Arab World

A new hero: Muntadar al-Zaidi

According to the BBC, thousands of Iraqis are protesting the incarceration of Muntadar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi TV news reporter who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush.  The headline reads: “Iraq rally for Bush shoe attacker.” “Attacker?” Come on, the guy threw a shoe. A shoe–not a knife, not a bomb, not a ninja style throwing star. Zaidi wasn’t trying to hurt the president, just trying to make a statement, as the Warmonger-in-Chief himself acknowledges. “Attacker” is the wrong word.  I know the Brits invented the language, but I think they should’ve chosen better words, like “shoe protester” or “shoe activist” or even “shoe thrower.”

Here is a picture of the protesters:

By the quote, I love the quote from Al-Zaidi:

“This is a farewell kiss, you dog,” he yelled in Arabic as he threw his shoes. “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.”

Anyway, it seems that Zaidi is a new hero in the Arab world.  Check out the NY Times.

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