Iraq’s federal appeals court has reduced the sentence for the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then-President Bush at a news conference in December, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday. Muntadhar al-Zaidi will serve one year in jail instead of three, the attorney said.
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Iraqi shoe thrower: Bush’s ‘soulless smile’ set me off
Muntadher al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist on trial for throwing his shoes last year at then-President George W. Bush, said the former American leader’s "bloodless and soulless smile" and his joking banter provoked him.
Iraqi shoe thrower: I did it to protest ‘occupation’
The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at then-President George W. Bush told a judge Thursday that he was protesting against the U.S. "occupation" of Iraq.
Iraqi official: U.S. troops shot pilgrims
U.S. forces shot two Shiite pilgrims on Saturday night as they walked to Karbala for an upcoming holy day, an Interior Ministry official said. The victims were a man and a woman, and the man later died of his injuries, the official said