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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 16 > Shoe thrower freed - and still defiant

Shoe thrower freed - and still defiant

Journalist who flung footwear at Bush gets hero's welcome, says he was tortured while in prison

By Hannah Allam / The Bulletin
September 16, 2009

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then-President George W. Bush last year was freed from prison Tuesday, expressing no remorse for hurling what he called a “flower to the occupier.”

Muntadhar al-Zeidi received a hero's welcome at the offices of his employer,....

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