he would throw his leg at them

[meliss]

Hi, Dadullah, a Taliban leader lost half a leg to a land mine during the civil war. "Dadullah put up with no issues that were not important. He made decisions summarily. If anyone strayed or said something stupid, he would throw his leg at them." (Carter Malkasian, The American War in Afghanistan).
Does it mean that he throw/shot his artificial limb? It must be difficult to do quickly...

 

[emsr2d2]

If he lost only half his leg (the lower half, obviously), he could just pull off his prosthetic and throw it. There is no suggestion that he had to do it quickly.

 

[Tarheel]

It's hard to imagine anybody doing that.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's hard to imagine anybody doing that.

To be fair, I think it's hard for any of us to imagine what people would or wouldn't do in a war situation.

 

[probus]

I'm reminded of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W Bush .

 

[Tdol]

It may be an urban myth to give him a certain air.

 

[Tarheel]

I'm reminded of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W Bush .

I've always wondered if he ever got his shoes back.

 

[probus]

I'd guess the Iraqis kept them. Spoils of war and all that.

 

[Tdol]

They could be on display somewhere, though probably not at the George W Bush Presidential Library.

 

[Tdol]

I checked. According to Wikipedia they were destroyed:

On December 18, 2008, Iraqi and American security agents looking for explosives examined and then destroyed the shoes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_shoeing_incident