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Subject: Muntadhar al-Zaidi

  • First-Person 'Shoe-ter': Videogame Lets You Portray a Journalist ... And Toss Footwear at Prez

    The path of cultural ubiquity runs this way in December of 2008: First comes the incident, then comes the Internet commentary, then comes the YouTube mashup, and then comes the viral videogame. Regarding Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi's low-tech shoe-bombing of President Bush, SF Weekly participated in both steps two and three earlier this week. Now we're happy to inform you of the culmination of this shoe-tossing moment in time, the viral videogame "Sock and Awe." As we hit the "publish"

    December 17, 2008
  • Iraqi Shoe Guy Disses San Francisco

    By Matt Smith When Muntadar al-Zaidi of Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV threw his size 10 shoes at President George Bush, San Franciscans were thrilled. It now appears, however, that it's not just George W. Bush who was knocked down a notch by Zaidi's impressive pitching. His filthy flying apparel may have degraded San Francisco as well. According to a Washington Post story Zaidi's stunt may have diminished Cindy Sheehan, a San Francisco treasure and one-time queen of all global anti-war protest

    December 19, 2008