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 Bush Shoe Attack in Iraq Shows How Different Cultures React to Anger Published: Dec 15, 08 Comments: 11 Views: 2,961 I’ve been tempted to heave shoes at the television, but an Iraqi journalist actually did it - in person - at the President of the U.S. A pair of size ten shoes were tossed right over the head of President Bush during a news conference in Iraq. An accredited journalist threw his shoes, one at a time, shouting “this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog.” Bush clearly sees the shoe coming and ducks, otherwise it would have nailed him right in the kisser. Bush was making a surprise visit to Iraq. Bush shrugged off the shoes being heaved in his direction by saying “it’s like driving down the street and have people gesture not using all five fingers. In Arab cultures showing the sole of a shoe is the ultimate insult. The BBC has the video from many angles.  During the trip, Mr Bush and Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki signed the new security agreement between their countries.
The pact calls for US troops to leave Iraq in 2011 - eight years after the 2003 invasion that has in part defined the Bush presidency.
Speaking just over five weeks before he hands over power to Barack Obama, Mr Bush also said the war in Iraq was not over and more work remained to be done.
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