By Khalida Sarwari
Anti-war activists from the group Code Pink will hold a march at a Marine recruiting station in Berkeley this morning to show solidarity with an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush on Sunday.
Members of the group and others will march around the recruiting station holding shoes in the air to show support for Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who hurled two shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad.
In many Arab countries, showing the sole of one’s shoes, much less throwing shoes at another person, is considered a sign of extreme disrespect.
Organizers say the march is intended to show support for the Iraqi people who have been killed, tortured or maimed and U.S. soldiers who have died since the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq.
The march will take place at 8 a.m. at the recruiting station at 64 Shattuck Square in Berkeley.
