{"id":5875,"date":"2008-12-14T20:47:57","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T02:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=5875"},"modified":"2017-05-21T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T21:57:26","slug":"iraqi-reporter-throws-shoes-at-bush-calls-him-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/iraqi-reporter-throws-shoes-at-bush-calls-him-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes at Bush, Calls Him &#8216;Dog&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Click on headline to view video]<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"339\" width=\"425\"<img style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22425001\/vp\/28223089#28223089\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>By Reuters<\/p>\n<p>BAGHDAD &#8211; An Iraqi reporter called visiting U.S. President George W. Bush a &#8220;dog&#8221; in Arabic on Sunday and threw his shoes at him during a news conference in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>Iraqi security officers and U.S. secret service agents leapt at the man and dragged him struggling and screaming out of the room where Bush was giving a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.<\/p>\n<p>The shoes missed their target about 15 feet (4.5 metres) away. One sailed over Bush&#8217;s head as he stood next to Maliki and smacked into the wall behind him. Bush smiled uncomfortably and Maliki looked strained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t bother me,&#8221; Bush said, urging everyone to calm down as a ruckus broke out in the conference room.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the incident shortly after, Bush made light of it. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t feel the least threatened by it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Other Iraqi journalists apologised on behalf of their colleague, a television journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Bush arrived in Baghdad earlier on Sunday on a farewell visit before he leaves office in January. The U.S.-led invasion in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein triggered years of sectarian bloodshed and insurgency in Iraq, killing tens of thousands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Click on headline to view video]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes at Bush, Calls Him &#039;Dog&#039; &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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