Posted on 03/12/2009 8:50:01 AM PDT by JoeProBono
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush during a farewell visit to Baghdad has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to three years in prison.
The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi, who shot to fame after flinging his shoes at former President George Bush during a press conference last December in Baghdad, ended with a relatively light three-year sentence.
Fans of al-Zaidi reportedly swarmed the vicinity of the court-house, shouting slogans in his favor and decrying the Iraqi government. Several close family members called the prosecutors "sons of dogs."
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Yeah right, he’s going to be hailed as hero.
LMAO ar work.
When you’re busted for throwing your show over there....
The living conditions were what I was talking about, not the prisoners treatment of each other.
Katie Courac just said that many Iraqis hailed him as hero. ha ha believe it or not
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