Shoe Throwing Iraqi Journalist Gets Early Release

by August 31, 2009 2160 Views

Iraq Shoe ThrowerMuntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who burst onto the world stage when he threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush, will be released from prison next month after a significant sentence reduction for good behavior.

The 30-year-old has been held since December 14 and was originally to be jailed for three years. His sentence was later reduced to one year because he had no criminal history; by the time he walks free on September 14, he will have served nine months.

According to Defense attorney Karim al-Shujairi:

We have been informed officially about the court decision. His release will be a victory for the free and honorable Iraqi media.

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by C. S. Magor - Aug 26, 2009

by C. S. Magor - Aug 31, 2009

C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
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  • Me-Mo
    17 December 2009 at 11:02 am
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    Hopefully he perfected his aim while locked up.Maybe the next time he sees Bush,he will actually be able to hit his target.
    They did give his shoes back,right.Any yay,all jokes aside.I’m glad he is being released from jail.That is some bulls@%#,to be incarcerated for.Especially since he missed.Just goes to show,another life messed up,from contact with bush.

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