Code Pink Goes Berserk Over Shoe Thrower – Video Showdown With Iraqi Ambassador
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BERKELEY (BCN) Anti-war activists from the group Code Pink will hold a march at a Marine recruiting station in Berkeley this morning to show solidarity with an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush on Sunday.
Members of the group and others will march around the recruiting station holding shoes in the air to show support for Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who hurled two shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad.
In many Arab countries, showing the sole of one’s shoes, much less throwing shoes at another person, is considered a sign of extreme disrespect.
Organizers say the march is intended to show support for the Iraqi people who
have been killed, tortured or maimed and U.S. soldiers who have died since the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq.
The march will take place at 8 a.m. at the recruiting station at 64 Shattuck Square in Berkeley.
Washington (AP) – About 20 people have protested the war in Iraq by tossing shoes at a fellow demonstrator wearing a prison uniform and mask of President George W. Bush outside the White House.
The group yelled, “This is a goodbye kiss from the people of America!” They also arranged along a curb about 120 pairs of shoes tagged with the names of Iraqis who have died as a result of the war.
Medea Benjamin, of the national peace group CODEPINK, says the protest was organized as a show of solidarity with Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi (MOON’-tuh-dahr ahl-zay-EE’-dee), who was jailed after throwing his shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad on Sunday.
The protesters on Tuesday delivered a letter to the Iraqi embassy calling for al-Zeidi to be released from jail.
Story and Photos On White House madness from This Ain’t Hell:
Peace Activists Take Shoes to White House in Solidarity with Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist
Call for his release and tribute to Iraqis who have suffered under US occupation
WHAT: Peace activists to gather with shoes in solidarity to Iraqi journalist
WHEN: 11 a.m., Weds. Dec. 17
WHERE: In front of White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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