Mindy’s Daily Links – 12/15/08

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• Bush 'shoe thrower' freed from Iraqi jail

  (World News) The Iraqi man who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush last year, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, was freed from jail Tuesday, his brother told CNN.

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• Shoe thrown at IMF chief

  (World News) A demonstrator in Turkey has thrown a shoe at the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in a protest similar to that against US president, George Bush, in Iraq in 2008.

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• Statue Commemorating Bush Shoe Throw Unveiled In Iraq

  (Political News) A sofa-sized statue of the shoe was unveiled Thursday in Tikrit, the hometown of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Baghdad-based artist Laith al-Amari described the fiberglass-and-copper work as a tribute to the pride of the Iraqi people. The statue is inscribed with a poem honoring Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw the shoe.

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• (PoliticalGFX) New release.. George Bush Shoe Attack T-Shirt http://bit.ly/oeWNF

  Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:28:49 +0000 | Reply | View Tweet

• (Twattertale) @mantis8585 Oh and by the way Bush deserves the trashing he is responsible for the Iraq & Afghan tragedy. The shoe fits.

  Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:25:20 +0000 | Reply | View Tweet

• (Mr_Lexington) WH reason for trying terrorists in civil court:Bush did it with Shoe Bomber Reid. Thats the excuse? &Since when do you side with Bush? #tcot

  Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:24 +0000 | Reply | View Tweet

• (dizzydiz) #whatdoyoudo when you're George Bush and a shoe approaches you at 247 mph?

  Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:10:07 +0000 | Reply | View Tweet

• (kingmilesiii) @mitchellmccraw Patra, Shabba Ranks, Dude That Threw the Shoe at GW Bush, Monica Lewinsky's Draws & Uncle Ben #famouspeoplethatwenttoNCA&T

  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:44 +0000 | Reply | View Tweet