Want to throw shoes at Bush? Get on net

BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Chinese medianet) -- A spate of games

where the players can try their hands at hitting U.S. President George W. Bush

has mushroomed on Internet by Thursday.

In these games, players can hurl footwear at moving

targets of the president and score for unlimited times.

Iraqis demand release of shoe-thrower
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An animated version -- "a shoe at Bush?" -- claims

over 2.2 million direct hits since its Dec. 15 start date.

Iraqi reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi threw his shoes at

Bush at an Iraqi news conference on Dec. 14. He has become an instant sensation

in theworld.

The White House has said Bush has no hard feelings

about the shoe-throwing incident.

"The president just thinks that, it was just a shoe,

people express themselves in lots of different ways," White House spokeswoman

Dana Perino said.

Zaidi, who admitted his action in court on Tuesday,

remains in custody pending an investigation by the judge.

(Agencies)

Bush shoe thrower appears in Iraqi

court

A shoe is raised during a protest

against the U.S. President's visit in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City

in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. Dec. 15, 2008. (Photo:

CRIOnline.com)
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 17 (Chinese media) -- Iraqi journalist who threw

his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush appeared at an Iraqi court on

Wednesday, Iraqi official television reported.

Muntadhar al-Zaidi, reporter of Cairo-based Baghdadia

Iraqi television, appeared for hearing session before a judge in a court in the

morning, with the presence of his attorney and prosecutor, the Iraqia television

said.

Thousands rally in Iraq to support

Bush shoe thrower

BAGHDAD, Dec. 16 (Chinese media) -- Thousands of Iraqis have

taken to streets on Tuesday for second day to demand the release of an Iraqi

journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news

conference two days ago.

Iraqis across the country hailed the journalist

Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who worked for Cairo-based Baghdadia television, and praised

his act of throwing shoes at Bush as a heroic action. Full story

Iraqi reporter throws shoes at Bush in

Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Dec. 14 (Chinese media) -- An Iraqi reporter threw his

shoes at visiting U.S. President George W. Bush and called him a "dog" in Arabic

during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on

Sunday.

Muntadhar al-Zaidi, reporter of Baghdadiya television

jumped and threw his two shoes one by one at the president, who ducked and thus

narrowly missed being struck, raising chaos in the hall in Baghdad's heavily

fortified green Zone. Full story

An Iraqi man is taken to the ground

after throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush during a joint

press conference and signing ceremony with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri

al-Maliki at Maliki's private office during an unannounced visit to

Baghdad, Iraq. (Chinese media/AFP Photo)
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