Here's a shoe-thrower I can respect. Do you think the Mullahcracy will build a statue in honor of this guy or call him a hero? GuardianWhen the Iraqi journalist, Muntazar al-Zaidi, hurled his shoes at the then-US president, George Bush, in December, Iranian officials declared him a hero and hailed his gesture as a mark of Islamic courage.
They were presumably less impressed this week when Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was similarly targeted during a visit to the north-western city of Urumiye.
Ahmadinejad found the shoe on the other foot as he waved to the crowd from an open-top car on his way to give a speech at a local stadium.
An Iranian website, Urumiye News, reported that a shoe was hurled at the president as his convoy drove through a central square. Security guards waded into the crowds but failed to find the culprit.[...]
Ahmadinejad has been on the receiving end of flying footwear before. A shoe was thrown at him during a students' demonstration at Tehran's Amir Kabir university in December 2006.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Shoe thrown at Ahmadinejad
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Funny, the shoe thrown at Bush became the shoe thrown round the world. Somebody throws a shoe at the Persian Pipsqueak and you barely hear boo about it.
And let me tell you, unlike the guy who threw the shoe at Bush this guy (or gal) had a pair. I'm glad they 'failed to find the culprit."
The question is: If caught, would the Mullahs have cut off his foot, his hand or both?
Now, I'm wondering what kind of shoe I'd throw at Mahmoud. Something in a stiletto, I think.
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