George Meets Iraqi Opinion

The end to a brilliant career. An Iraqi journalist throws his shoes as George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad today. “This is the farewell kiss, you dog,” the man shouted in Arabic.

“This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq,” shouted the man, later identified by the Associated Press as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi- owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.

Both the throwing of the shoes and the 'dog' outburst are deep insults in Middle Eastern cultures.