12-16-2008, 03:59 PM
billb wrote: If that was suicide by shoe he was a few years late
(or early)
Maybe not.
Shoe thrower 'beaten in custody'
The brother of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush has said that the reporter has been beaten in custody.
Muntadar al-Zaidi has suffered a broken hand, broken ribs and internal bleeding, as well as an eye injury, his older brother, Dargham, told the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7785338.stm