Friday, December 26, 2008

BBC: Iranians join Bush shoe protest

Iranians join Bush shoe protest 
By Martin Vennard 
BBC News 

 [....]  Dozens of Iranians in the country's capital Tehran have held their own shoe-throwing rally in protest at US President George W Bush. 
 [....] The protesters waved their shoes in the air before throwing them at posters featuring caricatures of Mr Bush. 
 [....] A similar demonstration took place at a university in Iran's Isfahan province on Thursday and there have been other such protests across the region. 
 [....] Iraqis have called for the release of the journalist. 
 [....] Since then a Turkish firm, which claims it made the shoes, says it has had to take on 100 extra staff to cope with the surge in orders.

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7800453.stm
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