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...Iraqi television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi hurled a verbal insult at Bush as well as his footwear. "This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog," he shouted as he threw the first of his projectiles. Seconds later, he hurled another, saying "this is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq," before being wrestled to the ground by security guards and removed from the room. Little has emerged about the journalist, a correspondent for al-Baghdadiya, a satellite TV channel that broadcasts from Cairo. According to some reports...
...Zaidi was pummeled and kicked by the guards who dragged him out of the conference area. Other Iraqi journalists in the hall were apologetic to the U.S. President and the Americans. Still, Iraqis who despise the U.S. leader for waging war on their country will no doubt applaud al-Zaidi's rapid-fire gesture. On Monday, demonstrators rallied in support of the Shi'ite journalist in Baghdad's Sadr City slum and also in the southern Shi'ite bastions of Basra and Najaf. Already jokes are going around that shoe companies are now offering the assailant a lifetime supply...
...week after the attackers stomped around the ticket booths of the train station, inspectors found bags of RDX explosives left over from the assault - they had been lying among discarded parcels. "It is an unfortunate incident," says Gagrani. "Next time, we will survey it better." -With reporting by Hussain Zaidi / Mumbai...
...would like to see the drop-in program extended to the rest of the upperclassman houses and the freshman dorms. During the pilot program, only students in four houses—Adams, Lowell, Mather and Pforzheimer—will have access to the drop-in hours. Sara R. Zaidi ’11, who serves as a director of Student Mental Health Liaisons, said the program could be successful because of the proximity factor. “They are putting resources where students live and eat and spend most of their time,” she said...
...President Zardari's charm offensive on Ms. Palin was, well, offensive," wrote political analyst Mosharraf Zaidi in an op-ed for The News. "What excuse does the husband of a global feminist icon have for his faux pas?" he asked in a reference to the late Benazir Bhutto's status as the Muslim world's first female Prime Minister...