This Basketball Fight Between Bahrain and Kuwait Starts When a Player Takes His Shoe Off to Use as a Weapon
Things got pretty violent awfully quick between Bahrain and Kuwait on the basketball court following a referee whistle around the :25 mark. Then a player takes his shoe off – the hurling of shoes is the ultimate sign of disrespect in some cultures – and then the mayhem begins. The most shocking moment comes after the 1 minute mark when a player in blue kicks a player in red, and then several players on the red team give chase. The player in blue hurdles the bench but then goes down and gets assaulted by several players in red. You can see one player in red throwing multiple punches at the downed player in blue.
Just when you think order has been restored, more chaos briefly takes place around the 2:00 mark. [H/T @Armando Sanchez]

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August 1st, 2011 at 11:39 AM
/throws shoe at this post
August 1st, 2011 at 11:42 AM
I was expecting the Shiek to throw a chair there.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Plenty of good seats still available.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:43 AM
You fight like a woman!
August 1st, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Has a shoe ever really been used as a “weapon”? I mean you could maybe get a bruise from someone throwing a shoe, or maybe a nice welt, but has a shoe ever killed anyone?
August 1st, 2011 at 11:45 AM
That looks like a middle school gym.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:45 AM
praise allah that al hamid didn’t wear his suicide jersey.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Has a shoe ever really been used as a “weapon”? I mean you could maybe get a bruise from someone throwing a shoe, or maybe a nice welt, but has a shoe ever killed anyone?
I don’t think it’s intended to hurt… isn’t it akin to giving the finger over there?
August 1st, 2011 at 11:45 AM
horse –
basketball sneaker? unlikely.
a girl takes off a 3-inch heel? that’s a weapon that could do some damage
August 1st, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Funny shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykuTKwbRwF0
August 1st, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Remember when that Middle Eastern reporter threw a shoe at Dubya and called him a filthy dog?
August 1st, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Has a shoe ever really been used as a “weapon”?
Ask Mike Milbury.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:46 AM
My favorite shoe-throwing incident…
August 1st, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Someone link to the Newsradio video where Jimmy James takes his shoe off and beats his desk with it.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:47 AM
the spetsnaz boot has a retractable blade in it, so i bet it’s probably killed hundreds and hundreds of people.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Now you’re talking
August 1st, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Well there you go. Sounds kind of awesome.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:51 AM
I prefer this shoe throwing
August 1st, 2011 at 11:51 AM
Has a shoe ever really been used as a “weapon”? I mean you could maybe get a bruise from someone throwing a shoe, or maybe a nice welt, but has a shoe ever killed anyone?
I don’t think it’s intended to hurt… isn’t it akin to giving the finger over there?
Yep, it’s the ultimate insult you can give in that part of the world. Shoes step on dirt, shit and everything else. Showing their soles to someone = “you’re as shitty as this shoe.”
BTW, my Army buddy who just came back from Afghanistan says the most insulting thing you can do over there is ask to borrow a man’s spoon or take their spoon to stir your tea. Apparently spoon = wife.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Who the hell is Chris Spencer?
August 1st, 2011 at 11:54 AM
/holds out hand
//expects royalties for #4
August 1st, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Cards fan girl who rushed on field last night isn’t half bad.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Didn’t the show thrower get locked up for gang rape or something?
August 1st, 2011 at 11:58 AM
Cards fan girl who rushed on field last night isn’t half bad.
/nods head
//adds asterisk – * for a girl from STL.
August 1st, 2011 at 11:58 AM
for a teenager, sure
August 1st, 2011 at 12:00 PM
I’m guessing if you ask to borrow their spork, they happily share their tranny?
August 1st, 2011 at 12:02 PM
I don’t think i have ever asked to borrow another man’s spoon in my entire life. Just something that has never came up in the exciting life i live.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Cards fan girl who rushed on field last night isn’t half bad.
That’s quite the jaunty pose she’s got in the first picture.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:03 PM
you need to get out more often.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:04 PM
That’s quite the jaunty pose she’s got in the first picture.
She’s built like a gymnast. NTTAWWT.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Pedo alert
August 1st, 2011 at 12:05 PM
If someone asked to borrow my spoon, I might get a little pissed too. Do you want a hit off my smoke too weirdo? GTFO.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Cards fan girl who rushed on field last night isn’t half bad.
Pedo alert
She’s at least 20, right?
/doesn’t want to be confused with Traderjack
August 1st, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Yep, it’s the ultimate insult you can give in that part of the world. Shoes step on dirt, shit and everything else. Showing their soles to someone = “you’re as shitty as this shoe.”
I would think offering up a ham sammich would be the ultimate insult.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:06 PM
there is no spoon.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:07 PM
I looked for a police report to see if a minor was arrested or an adult. No luck. Until someone finds one, I consider her 18.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:11 PM
I don’t think i have ever asked to borrow another man’s spoon in my entire life. Just something that has never came up in the exciting life i live.
Remember that this is a place where women are seen as property for birthing sons. So women are not spoken of directly — men gossip about other men.
August 1st, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Is there some sort of history between Bahrain and Kuwait, like muslim Hatfield and McCoy shit, or is this just a random weak ass fight?
August 1st, 2011 at 1:19 PM
If only the Kuwaiti army fought with as much vigor and intensity as its basketball team, then we would never have fought the first Gulf War.
/pansies
August 1st, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Definitely the Jews’ fault