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MONTHS AGO, Muntadhar-al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist, took revenge on ex-American President George Bush in his own way. As Bush was speaking at a press conference, Zaidi rose from his seat abruptly and threw a shoe at the ex-president while shouting in Arabic, “This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog!” Bush ducked deftly, and the shoe narrowly missed him. A few seconds later, the journalist tossed his other shoe, again with great force, this time shouting, “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!” Again, the shoe sailed over the ex-president’s head. Zaidi was subdued by a fellow journalist and then beaten by members of the ex-president’s security detail, who hauled him out of the room in his white socks. Zaidi was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by the Iraqi court but the sentence was later reduced to one year.
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