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Muntadhar al-Zeidi
Muntadhar al-Zeidi is the Iraqi journalist who thew his shoes at George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush was released Tuesday after nine months in prison, and he said Iraqi security forces tortured him with beatings, whippings and electric shocks after his arrest.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi, whose stunning act of protest last December made him a hero around the Arab and Muslim worlds, said he now feared for his life and believed that U.S. intelligence agents would...
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By By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER -- The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause.This was not Baghdad or Damascus or Beirut. This was Geneva, where Muntadhar al-Zeidi was given a hero's welcome Monday far warmer than the subdued reception in his own homeland."I am one of the victims of the occupation," al-Zeidi said at a press conference alongside two local...
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From sanluisobispo.com
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Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi (also spelled Muntadar al-Zaidi in some outlets) has been released from pison today in Baghdad. Let's recap the events of December 14th.That's Bully Boy Bush (still occupying the White House at that time) in Baghdad with Nouri al-Maliki, prime minister and US-installed thug, at a press conference where they lied and smiled and signed the treaties Bush pushed through (Strategic Framework Agreement and the...
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From blogger.com
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The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former President George W. Bush was released from prison today. An unrepentant Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who alleges that Iraqi officials tortured him after he was arrested, says he now fears for his life: “These fearsome services, the U.S. intelligence services and its affiliated services, will spare no efforts [...]
From online.worldmag.com
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- Iraqi shoe thrower freed; claims he was tortured (salon.com)
(By Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers)
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush last year was freed from prison Tuesday, expressing no remorse for hurling what he called a “flower to the occupier.”Muntadhar al-Zeidi received a hero's welcome at the offices of his employer, Al-Baghdadiya television...
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From charlotteobserver.com
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BAGHDAD—An Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in a stunning act of protest that made him a hero around the Arab world was released from a Baghdad prison today, his brother said. Muntadhar al-Zeidi left an Iraqi army base where the prison is located, accompanied by several members of parliament, said his brother Uday, who was waiting with other relatives outside the family’s home in central Baghdad.
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From timesdispatch.com
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An Iraqi journalist who gained worldwide fame after hurling his shoes at George W. Bush today claimed he had been tortured while in prison. Muntadhar al-Zeidi was freed to a hero's welcome after spending nine months behind bars for his extraordinary attack on the former US president. Hundreds of people congregated to meet him, a phalanx of gun-toting men fired volleys into the air while women cried out and broke into traditional Iraqi dances...
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