Iraqi Ambassador On Shoe-Thrower: He's 'Very Lucky' It Wasn't Saddam

Responding to a group of Code Pink protestors, Ambassador Samir Sumaida’ie said: “Had it been Mr. Saddam Hussein he’d be (inaudible). Number 2, in our country, I know that people have told you that showing shoes at someone is an insult. But, it is a bigger insult to the host; in our culture anyone who insults a guest is insulting the host. So in our culture we believe that what Mr al-Zeidi did was reprehensible.”