Iraqi Journalist Hailed as National Hero
Iraqi journalist hailed as a national hero By Ali Alrabi For many, Muntather Alzaidi’s action of throwing his famous shoes at George Bush during press conferences in Baghdad has optimized Iraqi people’s feelings about George Bush and his legacy in Iraq as they see it. Alzaidi expressed his sentiments of resentment against Bush by a harmless weapon, his shoes, accompanying by his famous words “this your kiss goodbye ya Chalb,( dog)”, which is taken as a great insult in the Arab world. Iranian people were overjoyed at the Iraqi journalist’s gesture. Text messages and emails flew at a high speed rate between all over the world. Face book fans created page for Alzaidi and his fans are already in the thousands and keep going by the minute. Al-Jazeera also showed scenes of ordinary Iraqis cheering Alzaidi’s actions calling him an Iraqi hero, who expressed their opposition to the occupation of their country. Arab journalists though stressed that the action was inappropriate, though they und...