Shoe attack on Bush immortalized
Published: 30 January, 2009, 04:33
A statue of a shoe has been unveiled in the Iraqi town of Tikrit – hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein.
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Published: 30 January, 2009, 04:33
A statue of a shoe has been unveiled in the Iraqi town of Tikrit – hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein.