An Iraqi reporter imprisoned for throwing his shoes at former US president George W Bush found himself on the receiving end of a similar footwear attack in Paris on Tuesday. Zaidi's own outburst summed up the feelings of many Iraqis about the US military invasion of their country and the ensuing bloodshed and sectarian killing.
Muntazar al-Zaidi has been a hero among the Arabs.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/101518/watch-shoethrower-iraqi-journo-freed-but-fuming.html
Al-Zeidi's family called it "a victory for the Iraqi people."
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sentence-reduced-for-journo-who-shoeattacked-bush/89788-2.html
It's raining money for the Turkish shoemaker, Ramazan Baydan.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shoemaker-swamped-with-orders-for-bush-shoe/81109-2.html
Briton Alex Tew setup the sockandawe.com on Monday.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bash-bush-site-sells-on-ebay-in-four-days/81009-11.html
He asked the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki for some fatherly compassion.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shoethrowing-iraqi-journo-pleads-for-leniency/80923-2.html
The latest joke being circulated in Pak says the shoes were linked to JuD.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/the-joke-was-on-pak-when-journo-threw-shoes-at-bush/80867-2.html
CNN's Octavia Nasr has more on the Arab mood.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/80859/arab-media-abuzz-over-issue-of-boots-at-bush.html
Al-Zeidi's brother, Maitham denied reports that al-Zeidi had been injured.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shoe-tosser-to-face-baghdad-court-not-beaten-brother/80758-2.html
Thousands demonstrated across Iraq, demanding al-Zeidi's release.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shoethrower-in-iraqi-army-custody-protests-in-iraq/80678-2.html
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