Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Iraq reporter who throw shoe at Bush , get back own medicine.



Iraqi journalist Muntadher al-Zaidi takes cover as his news conference is disrupted by a copycat shoe thrower

Muntadhar al-Zeidi's famous moment as he throws a shoe at President Bush during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad last year


He became a hero across the Arab world when he angrily hurled a shoe at George Bush in Baghdad.

But Muntadhar al-Zaidi obviously upset someone.

The Iraqi journalist got a taste of his own medicine yesterday as he was was nearly hit by another shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris.

Al-Zaidi was able to duck and the shoe hit the wall behind him.

The identity of the new shoe-thrower - and his motivation - were not immediately clear, but he appeared to be an Iraqi.

'He stole my technique,' Al-Zaidi later joked.

It was not known if the intruder was a journalist or just pretended to be one to attend the news conference at a centre for foreign reporters.

Whatever his motive, the confrontation didn't stop there.

Al-Zaidi's brother, Maithan, then chased the attacker in the audience and pelted him with a shoe as he left the room.

Muntadhar al-Zaidi, a TV reporter, became a hero to many opponents of the Iraq war when he hurled his shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2008.

The President was forced to duck for cover as the journalist shouted in Arabic:

‘This is your farewell kiss, you dog!

This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.’

Al-Zeidi was quickly wrestled to the ground by security guards, then imprisoned for nine months before being released in September.

Al-Zaidi said that he had videotaped himself practicing the insult two years ago and had hoped to accost Bush in Jordan but this did not take place.

'What made me do it was the humiliation Iraq has been subjected to due to the U.S. occupation and the murder of innocent people,' al-Zaidi said.

Venezuela's anti-American President Hugo Chavez called him courageous; a Libyan group headed by Muammar Gaddafi's daughter gave him an award; and fathers from other Arab nations have offered Muntazer their daughters as brides.

The Paris news conference was held so he could talk about his experiences.


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