March 20, 2009
(3-13) Iraqi journalist shoethrower was sentenced by an Iraqi court to 3 years, in accordance to the statute he was tried for: aggression against a visiting head of state, which carries a max sentence of 15 years. He’d be dead if he did it to Dorito-loving Saddam Hussein. The trial was originally postponed while the judge decided if it was an official visit because it took place in the Green Zone controlled by the US. He declared it was official.
(Reuters) Shows how close the shoe came. Video link below. al-Maliki looks like he’s in a coma. He’d be dead now if the reporter had decided to throw it at him.
When asked if he had any comments, shoethrower said:
I am innocent. It was a natural reaction to the crime of occupation.
5 y/o occupation. In a previous hearing he said:
In that moment, I saw nothing but Bush, and I felt the blood of the innocents flowing under his feet while he was smiling that smile.
His brother said he was “shocked” when he saw his brother do it and that it was a “spontaneous” act. However, shoethrower’s co-worker Saif al-Deen, 25, said he had been planning some sort of protest against Bush for nearly a year.
DEEN: ‘I remember at the end of 2007, ‘he told me, ‘You will see how I will take revenge on the criminal Bush in my personal way about the crimes that he has committed against innocent Iraqi people.’
Do you think this Deen is still alive? And how crappy ass was shoethrower’s reporting that he couldn’t show his displeasure and get his point across with his words?
After his arrest he asked for a pardon, which can be granted by Iraq’s president if recommended by al-Maliki.
It is too late to now regret the big and ugly act that I perpetrated. So I ask for your pardon.
He had 25 lawyers in court. How does that speak of competence? One of their complaints was the shoes were destroyed in an illegal manner. They just wanted the shoes as a symbol. A Saudi man reportedly offered $10M for the shoes and the maker of the shoes had to hire more people because of the demand. The lawyers also argued that Bush was never in danger and that it wasn’t an assault because the shoes didn’t hit him - attempted assault carries a sentence of 1-5 years. So he was basically charged with one crime and sentenced under the other. The lawyers did admit that although the trial was speedy there was no evidence that “al-Maliki’s U.S.-backed government orchestrated the process”.
Shoethrower’s brother had alleged his brother was beaten without having seen him. There was no mention of any type of injuries in his court appearances. The US security forces where the ones who told the Iraqis to stop beating him according to the brother. Strange, because it looked like the Secret Service didn’t mind what happened to Bush.
The clerics - the supposed “holy” men - who justify killing of innocents by quoting the teachings of a “holy book” - protested the verdict. Surprise. Their words are as impotent as the 60 y/o men they allow to marry 8 y/o girls because they are unable to satisfy a woman. The same pigs say it’s ok to mutilate innocent little girls’ genitals to make way for their microphalluses. How meaningful are words from such savages?
And as a reward for the shoethrower’s “courage” an Egyptian man offered his 20 y/o daughter as a wife. And the daughter?
AMAL SAAD GUMAA: This is something that would honor me. I would like to live in Iraq, especially if I were attached to this hero.
Guess it’s clear why she made it to 20 unsold.
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President Bush attacked by shoethrower
Malaysian foreign minister praises shoethrower
Shoe party in the streets
Update: shoe thrower
First Lady Laura Bush reacts
Shoe thrower sentenced to 3 years
Indonesians welcome Madame Secretary of State with lame shoe toss
Shoethrower’s monument lasted less than 48 hrs
Shoe thrower's sentenced reduced from 3 to 1 year
