Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Iraqi shoe thrower gets hero welcome in...Switzerland

The Iraqi shoe thrower received a hero's welcome in Geneva Switzerland. Currently he is trying to raise awareness of his foundation which he set up to help suffering Iraqis.

From Breitbart

GENEVA (AP) - The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause.

This was not Baghdad or Damascus or Beirut. This was Geneva, where Muntadhar al-Zeidi was given a hero's welcome Monday far warmer than the subdued reception in his own homeland.

"I am one of the victims of the occupation," al-Zeidi said at a press conference alongside two local politicians, repeating his allegations that he was severely tortured, including with electric shocks, during his nine months of Iraqi detention.

His claims were often inexact

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