nationalpost.com - 12/23/2008
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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi journalist thrust to instant fame when he threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush will go on trial this month on charges that carry up to 15 years in jail, a judge said on Monday. Investigating judge Dhiya al-Kenani rejected new allegations by the journalist's family ...
news.yahoo.com - 12/17/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
BAGHDAD The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his
shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by...
militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military. Over time, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a 28-year-old unmarried Shiite, came to hate both the U.S. ...
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Family: Shoe thrower hates both US, Iran role - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com - 12/18/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
BAGHDAD (Reuters) An Iraqi journalist who threw his
shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush apologized to...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for embarrassing him before the watching world, the prime minister's office said on Thursday. TV reporter ...
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Iraqi PM's office says shoe-thrower apologizes - ...
guardian.co.uk - 12/22/2008
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guardian.co.uk —
George W Bush, barely a month away from
leaving office, flew to Baghdad last weekend for an...
eight-hour visit. On Wednesday, it was Gordon Brown's turn. The arrival of president and prime minister in the Iraqi capital is part of a concerted effort to ...
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Toby Dodge: Despite the optimism, Iraq is close to ...
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36 Hours of Torture - Thanks to Our Allies in Iraq
Firedoglake —
... Agence France Presse carries the most complete account of Al Zaida’s injuries based on the statement of his brother who was allowed to see him in return for a pledge that the family would stop speaking to journalists. Uday said that his brother’s condition led him to breach that agreement and reported: ...
Brainster's Blog —
Shoe-Lobber Update He claims to have been tortured for 36 consecutive hours: One of Zaidi's brothers, Uday, told AFP he had been able to visit him in custody for the first time on Sunday and charged that the journalist had been tortured by his captors to force him to sign a statement. "I met my brother for around an hour. He has been tortured while in detention for 36 hours continuously. He has been hit with iron rods and cables," the brother said. I'm shocked! Surely they could have given him a five-minute ...
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Shoe-thrower’s apology will not affect trial – source
en.aswataliraq.info 12/19/2008 — BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq – The written apology sent by famous Muntather al-Zaydi, a local TV reporter who threw a pair of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush at a press conference in Baghdad a few days ago, to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ...
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news.xinhuanet.com 12/16/2008 — Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq Video: Iraqis demand release of shoe-thrower BAGHDAD, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of Iraqis have taken to streets on Tuesday for second day to demand the release of an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at ...
Leftwing Blogosphere Cheers Iraqi Shoe Thrower
newsbusters.org 12/15/2008 — The shoes had hardly left the hand of the Iraqi who tossed them at President Bush during the Baghdad press conference yesterday when the leftwing blogosphere began cheering him as some sort of hero. The incredible success of the Surge in Iraq has ...
The Shoe Thrower Uprising
taylormarsh.com 12/15/2008 — BY TAYLOR MARSH
There is no doubt that anyone throwing a shoe at the President of the United
States would be jailed. The
reaction from that arrest is what’s most interesting.
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand ...
Iraqi shoe-throwing reporter becomes the talk of Iraq
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reuters.com 12/15/2008 — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush has become the talk of Iraq, hailed by marchers as a national hero but blasted by the government as a barbarian. The little-known Shi'ite reporter, said to ...
Iraqi Shoe Thrower A Big Fan Of Sadr and Che
floppingaces.net 12/16/2008 — The hero to the left who threw his shoes at President Bush is a supporter of Che, and Sadr . Shocking!
Now we get more of a picture of 28-year-old Muntadhar al-Zeidi, today a hero among many other Arabs for chucking his sneakers. A visiting AP ...
Iraqi shoe-thrower captures Mideast rage at Bush
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reuters.com 12/15/2008 — By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent - Analysis BEIRUT (Reuters) - The hurling of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq strikes many in the Middle East as a fittingly furious comment on what they see as his calamitous ...
Bush clears way for Costa Rica to join CAFTA —
Reuters: Politics 12/23/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush cleared the way on Tuesday for Costa Rica to formally join a regional free trade agreement between the United States, the Dominican Republic and four other Central American countries.
Paterson back from Iraq, with Sen. candidates —
First Read 12/24/2008
From NBC’s Lauren Appelbaum After returning from Iraq, Afghanistan and Germany this afternoon, Gov. D avid A. Paterson (D-NY) held a media availability with two New York congressmen, Representatives Steve Israel and Anthony Weiner . Reporters ...
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