Shoe throwing at Bush an “assault”: Laura

Monday, December 29, 2008 at 9:12 am

The American First Lady Laura Bush yesterday (December 28) said that President George W Bush “laughed off” the shoe “assault”, which would have led to the execution of the Iraqi journalist if it had happened to former President Saddam Hussein.

She told Fox News in an interview today, she was not amused with the “assault” that occurred in a news conference in Baghdad recently, but her husband had laughed it off.

“… of course I wasn’t amused. It was an assault. And it would be an assault to anyone. The President laughed it off as you know, he’s a natural athlete. But on the other hand, it is an assault, and I think it should be treated that way… ” Laura Bush said.

Asked whether the scribe would be released, the First lady said, “… I don’t know about that. That’s up to the Iraqis. But I know if Saddam Hussein had been there, the man wouldn’t have been released. Probably he would have been executed.”

“It is as bad as the incident is, in my view, but it is a sign that Iraqis today feel a lot more free to express themselves,” she added.

(Agencies)

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Shoe throwing at Bush an “assault”: Laura

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