President Bush almost gets knocked upside the head in Iraq

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During President Bush's farewell visit to Iraq Sunday, an Iraqi jounalist went all Single White Female on him.  (Remember the stiletto attack scene in that flick?)

As Bush spoke, the offending journalist cried out, "This is a farewell, you dog!" and hurled two men's shoes at the President's head.  The president ducked - twice - and narrowly escaped injury.

In Iraqi culture, exposing the bottom of a shoe to a person or hurling a shoe at them loosely translates into a major f#$% you and everything else you'd want to say to your worst ex-boyfriend ever. 

In a post-incident interview with ABC News,  the president said about the man who threw the shoe, "I don't know what his beef is."

On January 20th, Bush will get the boot and Barack Obama will take over the White House.