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Title: Iraq: Artwork dedicated to shoe thrower
Source: Arizona Republic & Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/ar ... 9/20090129odd-shoethrower.html
Published: Jan 29, 2009
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2009-01-29 18:02:58 by Red Jones
Keywords: None
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Iraq: Artwork dedicated to shoe thrower

Jan. 29, 2009 08:48 AM

Associated Press

BAGHDAD - When an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at George W. Bush last month at a Baghdad press conference, the attack spawned a flood of Web quips, political satire and street rallies across the Arab world.

Now it's inspired a work of art.

Girls stand next to a sculpture of a shoe that serves as a monument to the shoes thrown at then-US president George W. Bush in Iraq, Jan. 29, 2009

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Poster Comment: maybe others should make art-work of this shoe-throwing incident. (1 image)

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