Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Gets Three Years
Journalist's Sentence Elicits Anger in Case That Captivated Middle East
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Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Gets Three Years in Prison
The attorney for an Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at then-President George W. Bush says his client has been sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign leader.
By Anthony Shadid
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 13, 2009; Page A08
BAGHDAD, March 12 -- A court convicted an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush of assaulting a foreign leader and sentenced him to three years in prison Thursday, unleashing bedlam in the courthouse that echoed the emotions the case had inspired across Iraq and the Middle East.
Journalist's Sentence Elicits Anger in Case That Captivated Middle East
Video
Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Gets Three Years in Prison
The attorney for an Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at then-President George W. Bush says his client has been sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign leader.
By Anthony Shadid
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 13, 2009; Page A08
BAGHDAD, March 12 -- A court convicted an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush of assaulting a foreign leader and sentenced him to three years in prison Thursday, unleashing bedlam in the courthouse that echoed the emotions the case had inspired across Iraq and the Middle East.
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