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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 10:44 AM
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Israel ambassador is latest shoe-throwing target
Source: Reuters

STOCKHOLM, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Israel's ambassador to Sweden has become the latest public figure to be targeted by a shoe-throwing protester.

Stockholm University officials said someone attending a student gathering called this week to hear Israeli Ambassador Benny Dagan explain Israel's forthcoming election hurled a shoe at him.

"During this seminar, someone threw a shoe at the ambassador," university spokeswoman Maria Sandqvist said.

"It was a student organisation that had an event and they had invited the ambassador to talk about the upcoming election in Israel."

A police official confirmed an incident had taken place at the university but had no immediate details.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L5752412.htm
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 11:36 AM
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1. Shoes on the march!
How long before shoes are declared a tool of terrorism, and everyone is forced to go around barefoot?
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jb5150 Donating Member (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 12:01 PM
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2. I cried because I had no shoes
until I saw a politician with a sole print on his forehead...............then I laughed my ass off.
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SlingBlade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-05-09 12:16 PM
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3. The Ultimate WMD
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