Iran's President Begins Historic Egypt Visit

[Wizard777]

Iran's president begins historic Egypt visit

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Cairo, marking the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.

Ahmadinejad flew into the capital, Cairo, to attend a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), which begins on Wednesday.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi kissed the Iranian leader as he got off the plane on Tuesday.

[ivanbalt]

Oops.

During a historic trip to Egypt, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was greeted by a group of men who hurled shoes at him -- a major insult in the Muslim world.

A video posted by the Anadolu news agency shows a smiling Ahmadinejad shaking hands with a crowd of supporters in Cairo late Tuesday when at least one man threw a shoe toward him. Other men also threw shoes at Ahmadinejad, the Egyptian public prosecutor's office said.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/world/...html?hpt=hp_t2

Wiz - need you to spin this to blame Israel.

[slapshot]

I heard last night, on Leno, that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to be the first person from Iran to go into space. Seriously.

We can only hope....

[skeemer]

I wish people threw shoes here as an insult. That's way more awesome than a middle finger.

[slapshot]

I wish people threw shoes here as an insult. That's way more awesome than a middle finger.

Agree.

But then it costs you to have to replace the shoe....I guess if you knew ahead of time you were going to do it, you would wear some crappy shoes?

[Wizard777]

Oops.



http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/world/...html?hpt=hp_t2

Wiz - need you to spin this to blame Israel.

No, that sounds about right. Salafi's and Shia don't get along. It's to be expected and it's good it was confined to mere shoe throwing.