the debris of the ruined Iraqi houses, or the blood that stained my clothes, I would clench my teeth and make a pledge to our victims, a pledge of vengeance" Full statement here.. Iraqi shoe thrower Muntazer al-Zaidi inundated with offers and gifts In Iraqi’s Shoe-Hurling Protest, Arabs Find a Hero. "Would-be benefactors have so far offered him a new four-bedroom house,

Muntazer al-Zaidi – who became a national hero in Iraq after hurling his footwear at the then US president last year – was speaking at a press conference to promote his campaign for victims of the Iraq war when a man threw a shoe at him. Zaidi ducked and the shoe hit the wall behind him. Film footage showed that a

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Quote: 22 yards Shoe-thrower comes to Geneva "The man who gained fame as the "shoe-thrower of Baghdad" has arrived in Switzerland on a tourist visa. ... It seems he i