Muntadhar al-Zaidi

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Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Arabic: منتظر الزيدي, romanized: Muntaẓar az-Zaydī; born 15 January 1979) is an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned, Egypt-based Al-Baghdadia TV. As of February 2011, al-Zaidi worked with a Lebanese TV channel. After the U.S. invasion of Iraq, al-Zaidi became a journalist, and wrote a story on a schoolgirl shot by American forces, who attempted to cover up the incident. Aftwards, on 16 November 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Baghdad likely affiliated with the Iraqi government, and arrested by United States Armed Forces. On 14 December 2008, al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference while shouting, "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog." Al-Zaidi suffered injuries as he was taken into custody and some sources said that he was tortured during his initial detention. There were calls throughout the Middle East to place the shoes in an Iraqi museum...

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