Alsumaria.tv Article: Iraqi reporter throws his shoes at Bush

He thought that Iraqis will bid him farewell with heartfelt gratitude for bringing freedom and democracy into Iraq. However, US President Georges W Bush never expected to be sent off this way.

In a farewell visit to a nation for which he fully dedicated his second presidential term, US President Bush was put in an awkward situation, he was humiliated on television, in newspapers headlines and news agencies after an Iraqi reporter threw his hoes at him and uttered profanities against him.

In details, as the joint press conference between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has ended by shaking hands, a reporter threw one of his shoes at Bush which missed him and hit the wall behind him. Yet, Bush had to duck to avoid the second shoe the reporter hit at him while Al Maliki tried to ward off the other shoe from hitting Bush.

As he missed the goal, the reporter was leapt on by Iraqi security officials and U.S. secret service agents and dragged from the room screaming and struggling

“It's like going to a political rally and have people yell at you. It's a way for people to draw attention. I don't know what the guy's cause was. I didn't feel the least bit threatened by it”, Bush said.

Iraqi journalist Montazer Al Zaidi, a reporter from Al Baghdadiya TV, has dealt with Bush his own way, expressing his personal point of view of the US war on Iraq. An employee from Al Baghdadiya said his colleague was an extremist national man who has behaved on his own. Al Baghdadiya called to release its reporter.

The consequences of such an incident are hard to be speculated as the shoe-throwing will have great impact on Iraq and US histories and will always be related to the name of US President Georges W Bush.