They were about a size 10.
An Iraqi journalist throw his shoes at Bush during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad. Bush ducked both throws and neither leader was hit.
Yelling "This is the end!" and calling Bush a "dog" in Arabic, the man was later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.
Bush smiled uncomfortably and Maliki looked strained.
"It doesn't bother me," Bush said, trying to calm down flustered reporters that quickly apologized for the actions of their colleague. "I didn't feel the least threatened by it."
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino suffered a black eye from a microphone that hit her in the ensuing chaos.
The shoe-thrower was wrestled to the ground and taken away. [B]In Arab culture, throwing shoes is a grave show of disrespect.
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.[/B]
During his visit to Iraq, Bush called the Iraq war hard but necessary for the protection of the United States and the freedom of the Iraqi people, adding that the two nations are on "solid footing."
"The war is not over," he said.
This video is from MSNBC, broadcast Dec. 14, 2008.
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