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Najaf Crowd Pelts US Troops with Shoes; Al-Zaidi in Military Custody; Bush Wars Cost $900 Bn.
Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated on Monday, demanding the release of Muntazar al-Zaidi, the journalist who threw shoes at Bush. In the Shiite holy city of […]
OSC: Sadrists Applaud al-Zaidi’s Shoe-Throwing
The USG Open Source Center translates reports on Dubai al-Sharqiyah Television in Arabic on 15 December regarding the throwing of shoes at George W. Bush […]
Shoe-Thrower had been Traumatized by US Aerial Bombings
Iraqi journalist Muntazir al-Zaidi, who threw the shoes at Bush in Baghdad, shouted “Killer of Iraqis, killer of children.” while security guards piled on him. […]
Two BBC Stories 5 Years Apart: Leaders and Shoes
A journalist, Muntazir al-Zaidi of Baghdadiya Television, aimed two shoes at W. during a news conference in Baghdad during which Bush attempted to justify his […]
Odierno: Thousands of US Troops will Remain in Cities
Gen. Ray Odierno said Saturday in Baghdad that non-combat US troops would remain inside Iraqi cities after June 30, 2009, in a training and mentoring […]
Repubs waste $50 bn. in Iraq, but stiff Detroit
You know how the Republicans in the Senate refused to spend $30 billion to bring the US auto industry back from the brink? It turns […]
Dabbagh: Some US Troops likely to be Needed for a Decade
Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh, who is visiting Washington, DC, said Friday that “We do understand that the Iraqi military is not going to get […]
Bombing in Kirkuk Kills 55; Did it Target Talabani?
A massive suicide bombing at a restaurant just north of Kirkuk killed 55 persons and wounded 120 on Thursday. The restaurant was the site of […]
Rumsfeld, Bush, Implicated in Torture by US Senate
It is official. According to a bipartisan Senate report, then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush bear responsibility for the torture […]





