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| Iranian leader Ahmadinejad targeted with shoe in Egypt |
| 2013-02-06 |
| Security guards have seized a man who tried to hit Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a shoe as he visited a mosque in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Video of the incident shows a man shouting "coward" as he strikes out. It is not clear what the motive was - some reports suggested it was against Iran's support for Syria's government. Mr Ahmadinejad is the first Iran leader to visit Egypt since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Showing the sole of a shoe is a grave insult in the Arab world. The Iranian leader is attending a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, a loose grouping of 57 mainly Muslim countries. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Now if the shoe had exploded after being thrown, THAT would have been funny. This is just "meh". |
| Posted by: Charles 2013-02-06 16:59 |
| #5 Dubya call your office. You're gonna love this one! |
| Posted by: Dopey Sinatra9196 2013-02-06 16:09 |
| #4 Holy sNike! |
| Posted by: airandee 2013-02-06 14:31 |
| #3 Video of the incident shows a man shouting "coward" as he strikes out. appears he knew him |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-02-06 09:24 |
| #2 Ward heeling, stealth monkeys in orbit would be original. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-02-06 08:20 |
| #1 It was the drones, then it was 'democracy', then monkeys in space, then stealth fighters, now this. Do they have to copy everything? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-02-06 06:06 |