Saudi offers $10m for Iraqi reporter’s ‘farewell gift’ to President Bush

[Turborama]

Source: Daily Times

LAHORE: The shoes thrown by an Iraqi journalist at United States President George W Bush in Iraq on Sunday has gained ‘immortal fame’, a private TV channel reported on Monday. According to an Arab TV channel, a Saudi citizen has offered $10 million to buy the shoes thrown at the US president by TV reporter Muntazeral Zaidi who was detained after being accused of a ‘barbaric act’ by the Iraqi government. Thousands of Iraqi citizens protested for Zaidi’s release, calling him a national hero. Earlier, the US president had said, “I don’t know what the guy’s cause is, I didn’t feel the least bit threatened by it.” daily times monitor

Read more: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\16\story_16-12-2008_pg7_9

[BrklynLiberal]

How about they use the $10m to get him out of the country to someplace safe?

[Bobbieo]

3. That's the answer!!!!!

[bdamomma]

17. yea storm the prison and get the guy out!!!!

[sofa king]

19. You could probably just hire away the contractor prison guards.

[babylonsister]

1. And here I thought the Saudis were his friends.

Must be nice to have disposable cash like that. :eyes:

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. If War Criminal Fuckstain McCokespoon didn't feel threatened, why did he duck?

Chuck Norris would have stoically stood there and let the shoes hit him in the face, and then kicked the guy's ass.

War Criminal Fuckstain McCokespoon ducked, and then left.

[liberal renegade]

4. didn't he say

he wasn't going to duck and cover, what gives?

[babylonsister]

7. Isn't he a lame duck? Ergo... He's no hero. Never has been, never will be. nt

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[beyurslf]

6. If that shoe had hit him, I think I would have watched the video every day until Jan 20 :)

[No Elephants]

8. Barbaric? Throwing a shoe? Not beheading or cutting off hands. A freakin' shoe?

[sabra]

9. Saudi businessman offers $10 million for shoe thrown at Bush

Source: RIA Novosti

BAGHDAD, December 16 (RIA Novosti) - A Saudi businessman has offered $10 million for one of the shoes thrown by an Iraqi journalist at U.S. President George Bush in Baghdad, Saudi television reported on Tuesday.

During a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nour Maliki on Sunday, Muntazer al-Zaidi, a correspondent for the Cairo-based al-Baghdadiya TV channel, hurled his shoes at the U.S. president, shouting in Arabic, "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, dog." He was then overpowered by security personnel and taken away.

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What happened to the footwear is unclear, although they are thought to have been seized as evidence by the Iraqi security service, or perhaps taken as a souvenir by a member of the Bush administration.

The Iraqi prime minister's press secretary, Yassin Majid, said on Tuesday that al-Zaidi could face up to 7 1/2 years in prison for assaulting the leader of a foreign country.

Read more: http://en.rian.ru/world/20081216/118880771.html

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[EFerrari]

10. LOL!

[Bunkie0913]

11. Ditto!

[Soylent Brice]

12. makes me wish i had ten million for the other one.

a superb idea.

[Eurobabe]

13. The 'shoe' heard round the world

Bush should be so lucky as to receive only 7.5 years in prison for ASSAULTING a FOREIGN COUNTRY.

[Lautremont]

14. I'll sell him mine for half of that.

[jb5150]

15. Put it on Ebay

HaHaHa...

[fbahrami]

16. I don't know

if $10M will help get Muntazer al-Zaidi free, but it probably won't hurt.

[sofa king]

18. Quick! Someone tell the Free Republic!

This is the chance for the 101st Chairborne to mobilize and show what they're... heh, heh... worth.

As all you lurking Freepers know, all Saudis are terrorists--except for the bin Laden family and various other partners of the Bush and Cheney enterprises.

And so too are all Iraqis terrorists. Except, as it turned out, Saddam Hussein.

So if you've got one terraist offering another terraist ten million bucks for the pair of shoes which permanently disgraced America for all time and ever and ever, you Freepers know what they're really doing: laundering terrorist money that doesn't belong to the Republican Party.

So stay on your butts and start emptying your Paypal accounts to the first authority figure you trust who promises to buy those shoes. You guys have to beat the $10 million bid, and fast, or the terrorists have already won.

[truthisfreedom]

20. More than a Picasso.

"I don't know what the guy's cause is."

That's how they feel about you, georgie. Nobody knows what the fuck you invaded for. We don't need the oil. We're going alternative, georgie, and there's nothing the fuck you can do about it.