Man who threw shoes at Bush faces up to 15 years in prison
 

The Iraqi television reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a news conference appeared before a judge Tuesday and admitted "aggression against a president," a judicial spokesman said. The court may send him for trial under a clause in the Iraqi penal code that makes it an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign presidents

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15 years? Really? Attempted murder???

He should be set free.

Sadam would have hung him by the next day

Sounds like the DA in Iraq is the same as DA's here. Charge with the highest crime possible, plea down to something acceptable.

He SHOULD be given a medal for having BALLS

He deserves more time than that.. Fucking ungrateful jerk.

Mr. Bush liberates you and this is how you repay him? Watta cock.

he did what most rational thinking people in the western world would love to do

He didn't even get hit by them! go fuck yourself I would have said!
15 years for hitting a wall with your shoes thats nuts.

How many years for a pair of slippers? 10?

:)

He attacked the president. That's a crime. Saddam would have had him shot in the head on the spot.

"an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign preside"

That super killer weapon

There are only 3 types of people who throw shoes....
middle easterners, henchmen in Austin Powers movies and Eddie Murpheys mother.

He should get a prize:winkwink:

no shit, nobody here had any that's for sure :2 cents:

President bombs the shit out your country killing thousands = liberator / statesman

Man protests = criminal

make films about killing = hollywood

make films about sex = pornography


funny old world

If anyone know of any defence fund for the guy Ill send some $$$$$

nice waste of taxpayers money, Bush is a pussy.

putting this dude in jail would be a mistake.

... for throwing a shoe at BUSH ????? no way :1orglaugh

bring him to Guantanamo bay.

He's my hero. :1orglaugh

Yes, the smell was so hard they want to categorize this as a nuclear attack.

No really, that's nuts.... they should free him because he acted on a right that every american stands for, FREEDOM OF SPEACH..... his only misstake was that he used a very onorthodox way to give his opinion.

:thumbsup

Yeah Right, Sadam would have given him whatever the highest award over there is for a stunt like that. :thumbsup:thumbsup

poor attempt at sarcasm -4 :(

Bush dodged it well, at least he did something well during his terms.

The word you were looking for is 'Satire' -999999999999 :(

Bush is probably dustin his shoulders off, props to that nigga he ducked and weaved like a fuckin pro.

you bomb the fuck out of a guys country, steal their resources, and the best they got is fucking throwing shoe at you, and not to mention you are an old man and you still duck and dodge it.

these carpet riders are useless! :1orglaugh

I agree...

And I think the only thing he'll feel sorry while laying in prison for those 15 years will be the fact that he missed him.... twice!

No way he can get 15 years for that in a "righteous" court. Maybe 6 months or something.

Personaly I'd give him a pat on his shoulder.

The charge should be assault, not attempted murder.

Under Saddam his entire extended family would have been tortured and murdered.

Not for throwing a shoe at bush he WOULDNT saddam would of given him a medal for it

Of course Saddam wouldn't have had a joint conference with Bush in the first place. But if someone did throw shoes at a person Saddam was having a joint conference with they would indeed be hanged. That's the point people are trying to make.

The guy has lost several family members in the Iraq war. I hope there are protests against jailing him.

That's not fair. What about Bush's mistakes?!

homeboy is used/abused as an example for many many political reasons, sucks for him....

Funny that the man who throws a shoe might get 15 years, but the murderer he threw the shoe at gets a presidential pardon.

Apparently some rich ass Saudi dude offered 10 Million Dollars for the shoes. :1orglaugh

That guy does not deserve fifteen years . He doesn't deserve any jail time. He made a mistake. Pres. Bush will prob want to make an example of him though :(

He's lucky to get 15 years in prison.

The ENTIRE problem with some people is they resort to personal violent acts instead of using proper means to the end they want.

What if that fucker was pissed and he had billions of dollars and tens of thousands of loyal to-the-death followers huh? What if instead of throwing shoes in a fit of anger, he launched some attack on ........ I dunno....... a couple of giant buildings full of thousands of innocent people?


Look, I'm against the Iraq war because it was all just a neo-con wet dream. But that doesnt mean all bets are off on civility and common sense. The dip shit was admitted to a room with the President of the United States and he fucking tried to inflict harm on the person currently holding that office!

He's EXTREMELY lucky to get 15 years in prison in his own country, IMHO.

your opinion is worth ... shit :2 cents:

How about if the fucker ( as you say ) would have launched a " shock & Awe " on a country ... and so on ...

as I said, not even worth the toilet paper to wipe off the shit.

George Bush & Tony Blair are war criminals they should be tried in the Hague for war crimes genocide, mass murder, crimes against humanity. About 1.5 million iraqi's are dead, alot are children and 100,000 in Afganistan. They just had a boner for 12 years so they made some cock n ball story that Saddam had WMD's which was complete shit because Powell & Rice clearly stated in 2001 he had no WMD's (thats on Youtube)
In that document 'Project For A New American Century' (PNAC) you can clearly see the fucking ideaolgy of them Nazi bastards the 'Neocons'

The process of transformation,” the plan said, “is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.

9/11 was the New Pearl Harbour, they completely milked the media coverage and had fake witnesses appear on live broadcast describing what had happened. They had the balls to show FAKE planes on all news channels.

if only we solved the riddles in the movies which they gave hints too. The Matrix - Neos passport expires september 11th 2001 - Independence Day movie the timer shows 091101 - X-Files LoneGun Man - Gov fakes a terrorist attack flying planes into the Twin Towers in order to invade another country.

Fight Club

"...the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art."
Chuck Palahniuk

First rule of any Secret Society is you don't talk about it.

he is fucked

I'll ignore the personal stuff and just reitterate.

The PROPER way for a reporter to express his/her indignation at how the neo-cons from america attacked them is to use the process. The legal process. The government process. The journalistic process. The word of mouth process.

NOT the process that fuels terrorism itself. Anger, attacks, demands, public whining, assasinations, bombings! You name it.

Learning that lesson was supposed to be one of the easiest things to come out of this. The only shock and awe left is when some people keep spouting the eye for an eye bullshit. Been there. Done that. Doesnt work. Time to get civilized.

He should have been given a medal wtf. And the shoe should have been a bomb.

:thumbsup :) liked this one.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

bush the retard puppet and that whole corrupt administration are the ones that should be locked up

I find it interesting that not one person referred to "this man" by his real name, Muntader al-Zaidi. I think that says a lot about our perspective on Iraqi's.

Also, I do agree that al-Zaidi could have expressed his dislike for Bush in another way. However, considering that his country was invaded more than five years ago in a preemptive manner and thousands of Iraqi's have died as a direct result, I can understand his desire to take advantage of being so physically close to Bush. I don't condone it but I do empathize with him.

The Bush doctrine:

"The security environment confronting the United States today is radically different from what we have faced before. Yet the first duty of the United States Government remains what it always has been: to protect the American people and American interests. It is an enduring American principle that this duty obligates the government to anticipate and counter threats, using all elements of national power, before the threats can do grave damage. The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction ? and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy?s attack. There are few greater threats than a terrorist attack with WMD.

To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively in exercising our inherent right of self-defense. The United States will not resort to force in all cases to preempt emerging threats. Our preference is that nonmilitary actions succeed. And no country should ever use preemption as a pretext for aggression."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss/2002/index.html

I am truly shocked that you have the audacity to tell Iraqi's to "get civilized" considering the aforementioned.

damn golly

Are shuicide bombers promised 70 pairs of Prada in the after life