Bush insulted in Baghdad!

[Galactus]

Galing umilag ni Bush, hehehe. Dito kaya, kelan gagawin yan kay Pandak? (Ano ba ang considered ultimate insult ng Pinoys???)

I think the US Secret Service will have to be more alert. Dapat nung paglipad nung isang sapatos, na-contain na nila yung perpetrator. Eh nakadalawa pa (Reminds me of Bill Gates and the face-in-the-pie incident. All Israelli bodyguards were fired since they reacted too late).

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/bush.iraq/

Eto yung link sa Youtube:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFH7C3vkK4"]YouTube - Man Throws Shoes At Bush[/ame]

Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A man identified as an Iraqi journalist threw shoes at -- but missed -- President Bush during a news conference Sunday evening in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit.

President Bush, left, ducks a thrown shoe as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki tries to protect him Sunday.

1 of 3 Bush ducked, and the shoes, flung one at a time, sailed past his head during the news conference with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in his palace in the heavily fortified Green Zone.

The shoe-thrower -- identified as Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist with Egypt-based al-Baghdadia television network -- could be heard yelling in Arabic: "This is a farewell ... you dog!"

While pinned on the ground by security personnel, he screamed: "You killed the Iraqis!"

Al-Zaidi was dragged away. While al-Zaidi was still screaming in another room, Bush said: "That was a size 10 shoe he threw at me, you may want to know." Watch Bush duck the shoes »

Hurling shoes at someone, or sitting so that the bottom of a shoe faces another person, is considered an insult among Muslims.

Al-Baghdadia issued a statement Sunday demanding al-Zaidi's release.

Al-Zaidi remained in custody Monday while the Iraqi judiciary decides whether he will face charges of assaulting al-Maliki, a government official said.

The official said al-Zaidi is being tested for alcohol and drugs to determine if he was fully conscious during the incident.

Al-Zaidi drew international attention in November 2007 when he was kidnapped while on his way to work in central Baghdad. He was released three days later.

Bush had been lauding the conclusion of a security pact with Iraq as journalists looked on.

"Let me talk about the guy throwing his shoe. It's one way to gain attention. It's like going to a political rally and having people yell at you. It's like driving down the street and having people not gesturing with all five fingers. ...

"These journalists here were very apologetic. They ... said this doesn't represent the Iraqi people, but that's what happens in free societies where people try to draw attention to themselves."

Bush then directed his comments to the security pact, which he and al-Maliki were preparing to sign, hailing it as "a major achievement" but cautioning that "there is more work to be done."

"All this basically says is we made good progress, and we will continue to work together to achieve peace," Bush said.

Bush's trip was to celebrate the conclusion of the security pact, called the Strategic Framework Agreement and the Status of Forces Agreement, the White House said.

The pact will replace a U.N. mandate for the U.S. presence in Iraq that expires at the end of this year. The agreement, reached after months of negotiations, sets June 30, 2009, as the deadline for U.S. combat troops to withdraw from all Iraqi cities and towns. The date for all U.S. troops to leave Iraq is December 31, 2011.

Bush called the passage of the pact "a way forward to help the Iraqi people realize the blessings of a free society."

Bush said the work "hasn't been easy, but it has been necessary for American security, Iraqi hope and world peace."

Bush landed at Baghdad International Airport on Sunday and traveled by helicopter to meet with President Jalal Talabani and his two vice presidents at Talabani's palace outside the Green Zone.

It marked the first time he has been outside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad without being on a military base.

The visit was Bush's fourth since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

Afterward, Talabani praised his U.S. counterpart as a "great friend for the Iraqi people" and the man "who helped us to liberate our country and to reach this day, which we have democracy, human rights, and prosperity gradually in our country."

Talabani said he and Bush, who is slated to leave office next month, had spoken "very frankly and friendly" and expressed the hope that the two would remain friends even "back in Texas."

For his part, Bush said he had come to admire Talabani and his vice presidents "for their courage and for their determination to succeed."

As the U.S. and Iraqi national anthems played and Iraqi troops looked on, he and the Iraqi president walked along a red carpet. Watch President Bush and Iraq's president walk the red carpet »

Bush left Iraq on Sunday night and arrived Monday morning in Afghanistan, where he will met with President Hamid Karzai and speak with U.S. troops.

In remarks to reporters, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, who traveled with Bush, described the situation in Iraq as "in a transition."

"For the first time in Iraq's history and really the first time in the region, you have Sunni, Shia and Kurds working together in a democratic framework to chart a way forward for their country," he said.

On Monday, new violence in Iraq showed that work remains to be done.


A suicide car bomb attack killed at least three people and wounded 31 others west of Baghdad on Monday, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The noontime bombing targeted civilians on a road between Khan Dhari and Abu Ghraib, according to the official.

Also, the U.S. military said three militants were killed and 13 others were detained in operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq on Sunday and Monday. The incidents took place in Baiji, Tall Sumayyir, Tikrit, near the towns of Abu Ghraib, Mahmoudiya and Kirkuk.

[XTO]

ang galing umilag

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kELXEA7CoRE"]YouTube - President Bush attacked by flying shoes[/ame]

[XTO]

mods, may thread na pala si galactus...

[oliver1013]

Dito naman sa bahay pag nagkamali ka ng sagot sa matatanda, tsinelas naman ang lumilipad

swerte parin siya buti nalang hindi granada ang binato sa kanya...

[SELEGNA_35]

Wow!! bagal ng secret service mag react!!

[ab_initio]

he already had that incident in mind... what do we expect?

[Horsepower]

He should've been shot. What did he expect from people he raped a hundred times over murdering their women and children just for oil??

[creepy]

He should've been shot. What did he expect from people he raped a hundred times over murdering their women and children just for oil??

Para maging presidente si Cheney!! Even for a few weeks...

I'm sure matutuwa ang mga right-wing fanatics kung nangyari 'to.

[XTO]

bilib talaga ko kay bush, di ko makalimutan ang bilis ng reflexes niya at 62 kung yung ibang politiko natin dito yan kahit wala pang 60 malamang sinalo ng bunganga ang sapatos na mabango na yun dahil babagal bagal because of high blood pressure and diabetes :bwahaha:

[StraightSix]

He got past security ...

Surprise was on his side ...

He had a secret weapon ...

The target was nearly at point-blank range ...

He had two tries ...

To throw the pair of shoes that will be famous in the whole Arab world.


And he MISSED!
On BOTH times!


Hahahaha ... DULING!

[Burai]

bilib talaga ko kay bush, di ko makalimutan ang bilis ng reflexes niya at 62 kung yung ibang politiko natin dito yan kahit wala pang 60 malamang sinalo ng bunganga ang sapatos na mabango na yun dahil babagal bagal because of high blood pressure and diabetes :bwahaha:

mataas calcium, lagi nainom gatas kasi. anlene-movement!
ay mali! susta-power flip!! XD
laking gatas haha

pero in fairness ha, bastos din yung reporter na yun. oo nga siguro nararapat lang na gawin yun kay bush base a gusto ng ibang tao pero sana naman hindi habang nagsasalita na lang siguro. bastusan eh. pwede namang habang naglalakad yung tao diba? kung galit sila sana more deadlier pa. ano ba namang arab world yan..

[oliver1013]

Dapat combat boots ang binato nung journalist para mas may chance tamaan yung target...

[v6dreamer]

Before serving as President of the United States and Governor of Texas, President Bush was a managing partner for the Major League Baseball Team, the Texas Rangers. Kaya magaling siyang umilag.

[v6dreamer]

Wow!! bagal ng secret service mag react!!

You are absolutely right.

Someone will be transfer to Alaska as a traffic enforcer as soon as they back in states.

[safeorigin]

lol, pres. shrub should have been thrown a dagger

[s_quilicot]

Wow!! bagal ng secret service mag react!!

mas mabilis pa yung driver namin mag react :twak:

[XTO]

ang galing umilag ni bush, kahiya kung napuruhan siya

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kELXEA7CoRE"]YouTube - President Bush attacked by flying shoes[/ame]

[empy]

yun din unang reaction ko: "those are some ninja reflexes!" :rofl01:

[CVT]

He surely knows how to duck....

7101:hooray:

[LexTer]

Wow!! bagal ng secret service mag react!!

bagal nga. saka di ba sop dapat sa ganyan ilabas kagad ang subject?