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Sat 03 Mar 2009Ahmadinejad finds that shoe is on the other foot
WHEN THE Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi hurled his shoes at George Bush in December, Iranian officials declared him a hero and hailed his gesture as a mark of Islamic courage.
They were presumably less impressed this week when Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was similarly targeted during a visit to the north-western city of Urumiye.
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