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An Iraqi TV reporter launched his shoes (yes, both, one after the other) at Bush during a press conference this weekend. Seems some Iraqis really do have a lot in common with average Americans.

MSNBC vas the slo-mo video...



AP has the text:

BAGHDAD – On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference.

"This is a farewell kiss, you dog!" shouted the protester in Arabic, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.

Bush ducked both shoes as they whizzed past his head and landed with a thud against the wall behind him.

"It was a size 10," Bush joked later.

Gotta give W points for reaction time. Somehow I think Cheney wouldn't have had the reflexes.