01.29.2009, 10:36 PM | #1 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7859444.stm
A sculpture of an enormous bronze-coloured shoe has been erected in Iraq to honour the journalist who threw his shoes at ex-US President George W Bush. The sofa-sized artwork was formally unveiled in Tikrit, hometown of late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein. Artist Laith al-Amari insisted it was not a political work, but a "source of pride for all Iraqis". Mr Bush managed to dodge the shoes but the man who threw them, Muntadar al-Zeidi, was arrested and awaits trial. As he pulled off his shoes, Mr Zeidi, now 30, shouted: "This is from the widows, the orphans, and those who were killed in Iraq." He also told Mr Bush, who launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was paying a final visit to Iraq last month: "This is a farewell kiss, you dog". |
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01.29.2009, 10:39 PM | #2 |
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Not exactly a worthy addition to Iraq's several millennia of fine cultural heritage. But hey, it's funny, so who cares?!
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01.29.2009, 10:40 PM | #3 |
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I love the fact that the shoe is filled with a giant bush.
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01.29.2009, 10:48 PM | #4 |
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I love how the photograph makes it look MASSIVE, like motorways and urban sprawl could snake around this giant towering monolith of a shoe.
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