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Welcome Awaits Iraq Shoe Thrower

Source: Iraq Updates

Baghdad : Iraq | 2 months ago

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News Source: The Guardian | 2 months ago

Missing a tooth and draped in an Iraqi flag, Muntazer al-Zaidi used his first hours of freedom since hurling his shoes at George Bush to angrily defend his action, and claim he was tortured by government officials after his arrest.
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@markknoller The incident took place at a Bush press conference in Baghdad Dec 14 with Prime Minister al-Maliki. Don't know if the shoes were wingtips.
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@markknoller Would he have served only 4 1/2 months for throwing one shoe? Bush ducked and neither shoe hit it's intended target.
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@markknoller Iraqi punishment for throwing shoes at the US President? Nine months. The Iraqi who did that to Pres. Bush last Dec is out of jail.
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@charlesarthur George BushGeorge Bush wasn't there to chuck the guy's shoes back to him? It's not as if he's got other stuff to do, is it?
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@idesk iDeskCNN: The Iraqi man who threw his shoes at President George W. BushPresident George W. Bush last year, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, was freed from jail Tuesday, www.cnn.com
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@CNNSaeed RT @iDeskCNN Iraqi Iraqi "shoe-thrower' has been released. @calperrycnn coming up shortly from Baghdad.
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