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Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at George Bush runs for office

May 2, 2018
Famed Iraqi journalist Muntazer Al Zaidi once threw a shoe at former president George Bush

Iraqi Reporter Muntazer Al Zaidi / Photocredit: AFP/Getty Images Muntazer Al-Zaidi, the journalist who made headlines worldwide after chucking both his shoes at former president George W. Bush in 2008, is now running for office in his home country of Iraq, according to NBC News. Almost a decade after inciting an international diplomatic incident, Muntazer Al-Zaidi has announced that he is pursing a political career as lawmaker in Iraq. Al-Zaidi is infamously known for chucking both of his shoes at Bush in protest of the U.S invasion during a conference held in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!” Al-Zaida shouted as he flung his footwear at Bush. Quickly after, Al-Zaidi was tackled to the ground and hauled out of the room by security officials. Al-Zaida was sentenced to three years in prison where he says he was tortured and beaten during his subsequent imprisonment. Now 39, Al-Zaidi told NBC News that Iraqis are “tired of politics,” and has vowed to imprison “thief politicians” if he succeeds in attaining a seat in the country’s parliament later this month. Al-Zaidi is running…


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