An Iraqi court has sentenced Saddam Hussein's cousin "Chemical Ali" to death for crushing a... 12/2008 Reuters

Former Dictator of Iraq drops in for a visit on Boink! Shares some of his music and talks about the early days, before he "sold out"

The way it should have been

Julgamento de Saddam Hussein (Legendas em Português) Um bom momento de humor...

Saddam Hussein foi condenado à pena de morte e quer recorrer e ser julgado no Brasil, assim ele sairá livre.

"tradução" em forma de paródia humorística do julgamento de Saddam Hussein

Read full news and view photos: http://ad3ck.blogspot.com/2008/12/iraqi-reporter-throws-shoes-at-bush.html Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes At Bush An Iraqi reporter threw shoes at President Bush today in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces. Muntadar al-Zeidi, is a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television which is an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt. During a press conference in Iraq, an Iraqi reporter throws both shoes at President Bush. George W Bush, the president of United State of America Wartawan Iraq, Muntadar al-Zeidi melontar kasut pada Bush pada sidang akhbar yang diadakan di salah sebuah istana Saddam Hussein

Read full news and view photos: http://ad3ck.blogspot.com/2008/12/iraqi-reporter-throws-shoes-at-bush.html Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes At Bush An Iraqi reporter threw shoes at President Bush today in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces. Muntadar al-Zeidi, is a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television which is an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt. During a press conference in Iraq, an Iraqi reporter throws both shoes at President Bush. George W Bush, the president of United State of America Wartawan Iraq, Muntadar al-Zeidi melontar kasut pada Bush pada sidang akhbar yang diadakan di salah sebuah istana Saddam Hussein

An Iraqi reporter threw shoes at President Bush today in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces. Muntadar al-Zeidi, is a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television which is an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.

President George W. Bush ducked two shoes thrown at him by a man during a press conference in the Iraqi prime ministers office to mark the signing of a security agreement. In Arab culture, throwing shoes is a grave show of disrespect. This is the farewell kiss, you dog, the man shouted in Arabic. After U.S. troops pulled down a statue of former dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraqi bystanders tossed shoes at it, according to news reports at the time. Bush said todays incident was an example of free speech in a democracy.

An Iraqi court on Tuesday condemned Saddam Hussein's notorious hatchet-man "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid to death for war crimes over the crackdown of Shiites during their ill-fated 1991 uprising.

Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved a landmark military pact that will see all US troops withdraw by the end of 2011, eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and plunged the country into chaos.

Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved a landmark military pact that will see all US troops withdraw by the end of 2011, eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and plunged the country into chaos.

Selon le "New York Times", 35 fonctionnaires ont été arrêtés dans le cadre d'une enquête sur un complot visant à renverser le pouvoir. Les autorités incriminent le groupe Al-Aouda, accusé d'œuvrer à reconstruire le parti de Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi Ambassador On Shoe-Thrower: He’s ‘Very Lucky’ It Wasn’t Saddam. Responding to a group of Code Pink protestors, Ambassador Samir Sumaida’ie said: "Had it been Mr. Saddam Hussein, he'd be dead!"

Un ancien avocat irakien de Saddam Hussein assure que lui et plus de 200 avocats offrent leurs services pour défendre le journaliste qui a jeté ses chaussures au visage du président américain George W. Bush dimanche à Bagdad.

Five years ago this week Saddam Hussein was captured in a spiderhole near his hometown of Tikirt. Just days later Scott Pelley reported from the Iraqi leaders hideout and retraced the military action.

President Bush said Friday that the fight in Iraq has been longer and more costly than expected, but he defended the U.S.-led invasion, saying the world could not have risked leaving Saddam Hussein's power unchecked. (Dec. 5)

US soldiers stationed in Baghdad celebrated Thanksgiving Day on Thursday with a meal in a hall of one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces. (Nov. 27)

The United States handed over control of the Green Zone and Saddam Hussein's presidential palace to Iraqi authorities on Thursday in a ceremonial move described by the country's prime minister as a restoration of Iraq's sovereignty. At a ceremony marking the transition, Nouri al-Maliki said he will propose Jan. 1 be declared a national holiday to commemorate what he called "Sovereignty Day" ? the day Iraq took the lead in security away from U.S. forces, regained control of its airspace and reclaimed a wide swath of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. The area that became known as the Green Zone on the west bank of the Tigris River was occupied by the United States shortly after the 2003 U.S. invasion and walled off from the rest of the city. added by: NFUSA comments: 11 topics : { Current News World, News and Politics }

President George W. Bush spoke with ABC News' Martha Raddatz Sunday following an incident in which an Iraqi reporter threw two shoes at the president. Bush told Raddatz he wasn't insulted by the shoe-throwing, and that stranger things have happened to him. The president discusses the shoe attack with ABC News' Martha Raddatz. He also spoke about his legacy, standing by the invasion of Iraq as the right thing to do, but also saying his presidency was about a lot more than taking down Saddam Hussein. The full transcript of the interview follows: Martha Raddatz: Let's start with what just happened. And that is someone threw a shoe at you, whether it's an Iraqi reporter? President Bush: Yeah, I think it's a reporter. At least that's what they told me on the way out, that it's a person who works in the Iraqi press, stands up and throws his shoe. And it was amusing. I mean, I've seen a lot of weird things during my presidency and this may rank up there as one of the weirdest. On the other hand, I do remember...

December 14th 2008 : An Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes and an insult at George W. Bush, without hitting him, as the US president was shaking hands with the Iraqi premier at his Baghdad office on Sunday. As the two leaders met in Nuri al-Maliki's private office, a journalist sitting in the third row jumped up, shouting: "It is the farewell kiss, you dog," and threw his shoes one after the other towards Bush. Maliki made a protective gesture towards the US president, who ducked and was not hit. The journalist, Muntazer al-Zaidi from Al-Baghdadia channel which broadcasts from Cairo, was frogmarched from the room by security staff, an AFP journalist said. Soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture. After Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled in Baghdad in April 2003, many onlookers beat the statue's face with their soles. Some Iraqi journalists stood up to apologise. The White House said Bush ducked to avoid the first shoe, while the second narrowly missed the president. Bush said: "Tha...

Bush ordered the nation into war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq while citing intelligence claiming the Mideast nation harbored weapons of mass destruction. The weapons were never found, the intelligence was discredited, Bush's credibility with U.S. voters plummeted and Saddam was captured and executed. Al-Zaidi , the Iraqi reporter (the shoe thrower) is still in prison.Two other Iraqi journalists were briefly detained after one of them called Zaidi's actions "courageous." I guess that's their " democracy" in the middleast, the lying hypocrites! The coach of the Iraqi football team offered 100,000 dollars for the shoes. I think bigger offers are on the way, lol. More than 100 Arab Lawyers want to take the "shoe case"lol to defend Al-Zaidi who was sent to the hospital after "the shoe incident". Iraqis were distibuting candies on the streets to the passerbies to celebrate what Al-Zaidi did. All over the Arab world within hours lots of poems were formed in honor of AL-Zaidi. shoes, Iraqi,Arabs, Muslims, insult,...