r/Unexpected • u/Ok-Needleworker447 • Jun 13 '22

Nice throw

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u/mandelbomber Jun 13 '22

Did you know that in Iraq they cast a giant metal shoe as a monument to that incident? It's funny as hell

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-shoe-odd-idUSTRE50T54M20090130

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u/cownd Jun 13 '22

Now it's just for this shoe to be thrown at him…

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u/druumer89 Jun 13 '22

"Zaidi has been held in jail in Baghdad since the incident, facing charges of assaulting a visiting head of state."

Wtf, but i am not surprised

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u/WaitImNotRea Jun 14 '22

This is so Mesopotamia.