January 31, 2009

Sooo Sad: Iraqis Order Statue to Bush Shoe Thrower Removed

A followup to that earlier report that the good people of Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit had erected a statue in honor of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush. It seems that the Iraqi government is none too happy with the former Baathists who's idea it was to erect a statue to a criminal.

AFP:

"We have removed the shoe statue of Muntazer al-Zaidi, because we received an order to do so from the governor Salaheddin province," said Shaha al-Juburi, head of the children's foundation where the bronze sculpture had been erected.
I'm not sure if I should feel happy that the statue is gone, or irritated that the Iraqis still don't get free speech. Maybe a little of both.

Thanks to Stable Hand.


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