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Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati -- leading Friday prayers in Tehran -- hailed journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi's now-famous fling last Sunday, when Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were holding a news conference in Baghdad.
His remarks -- reported by Iran's state-run Islamic Republic News Agency -- reflect the support many Middle East people have shown for al-Zaidi, an Iraqi correspondent for Egypt-based Al-Baghdadia TV.
"The shoe intifada in Iraq should not be overlooked easily," he said. "Well done to the Iraqi journalist for throwing the shoes at the U.S. president."
Speaking to worshipers at Tehran University, Jannati labeled the shoes "more valuable than crowns, medals and signs" and believes they should be place in an Iraqi museum.
The government of Iran and the United States have been bitter antagonists for decades.
Not good at all for the Iraqi people. The minute we leave, Iran is going to finish the job they didn't finish in the 80's ... get ready for more blood. Yep, Wonderboy and President Cheney have a lot to be proud of.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati -- leading Friday prayers in Tehran -- hailed journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi's now-famous fling last Sunday, when Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were holding a news conference in Baghdad.
His remarks -- reported by Iran's state-run Islamic Republic News Agency -- reflect the support many Middle East people have shown for al-Zaidi, an Iraqi correspondent for Egypt-based Al-Baghdadia TV.
"The shoe intifada in Iraq should not be overlooked easily," he said. "Well done to the Iraqi journalist for throwing the shoes at the U.S. president."
Speaking to worshipers at Tehran University, Jannati labeled the shoes "more valuable than crowns, medals and signs" and believes they should be place in an Iraqi museum.
The government of Iran and the United States have been bitter antagonists for decades.
That's ironic because the shoe-thrower hates Iran, too (http://www.newsweek.com/id/174829 - broken link). Good PR move by Iran. Bush and al-Maliki should have stepped in and talked about this guy exercising his freedom of expression, pointing out that he couldnt have done that under Saddam or in Iran. But no, they ignored that opportunity to promote the Pax, and now Iran is reaping the ol' hearts and minds. Way to go, Great Satan!
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Not good at all for the Iraqi people. The minute we leave, Iran is going to finish the job they didn't finish in the 80's ... get ready for more blood. Yep, Wonderboy and President Cheney have a lot to be proud of.
Democracy in the Middle East, my eye.
Actually, the job was started by Saddam Hussein in 1980, supported by the United States until 1990, and then finished by the United States in a brazen and completely immoral/illegal/unprovoked invasion of 2003.
Iran is as much a victim of U.S. (and the former Saddam Hussein) belligerence and military aggression as any nation in the world, save Iraq. We provided military help (thanks for the memories, Rummy), all enough to try and get even with our ideological foe. And then Ronnie Raygun armed the Iranians in secret dealings.
Never trust a Republican with national security. EVER.
"The shoe intifada in Iraq should not be overlooked easily," he said. "Well done to the Iraqi journalist for throwing the shoes at the U.S. president."
Speaking to worshipers at Tehran University, Jannati labeled the shoes "more valuable than crowns, medals and signs" and believes they should be place in an Iraqi museum.
The government of Iran and the United States have been bitter antagonists for decades.
Actually, the job was started by Saddam Hussein in 1980, supported by the United States until 1990, and then finished by the United States in a brazen and completely immoral/illegal/unprovoked invasion of 2003.
At the time, Iraq and Saddam were on our side of the fight.
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Iran is as much a victim of U.S. (and the former Saddam Hussein) belligerence and military aggression as any nation in the world, save Iraq. We provided military help (thanks for the memories, Rummy), all enough to try and get even with our ideological foe. And then Ronnie Raygun armed the Iranians in secret dealings.
Iran has always hated the Western world, especially the British. You probably aren't old enough to remember, but there was something called the "Iranian hostage crisis", in order to get our people back, we had to give them weapons to keep Iraq in check. By doing so, we pissed off Saddam ,hence his invasion of Kuwait as retaliation for "betrayal". A similar situation more or less caused the embargo with Cuba and the mess with Castro.
Not to mention the fact that the US sold tons of old weapons to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, the United States, France, the UK, Russia, and China have all be secretive arms dealers of every conflict since the 1950's.
The whole Middle East situation has been a complicated one ever since the first oil deals were struck in the 1920's. The UK's abandonment of Imperialism, while a good thing, also caused the region to become unstable.
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Never trust a Republican with national security. EVER.
This doesn't really have anything to do with national security, it isn't like Iraq or Iran are going to invade us .
Seriously though, we need to be more careful about who we let go from our inner circle..
By the way, maybe they should try selling the shoes on eBay??
Maybe future press conferences in Iraq should be held in Mosques .... then everyone would have to have their shoes off.
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