Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Shoes hurled at Iranian President Ahmadinejad during trip to Cairo

February 6, 2013 -- Updated 1339 GMT (2139 HKT) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) is greeted as he visits the Sayyeda Zeinab mosque in Cairo, February 5, 2013. Cairo (CNN) -- 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. "You killed our brothers!" one of the assailants shouted, according to Anadolu. The...

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