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Bush Shoe Thrower Goes On Trial For Assault

First Posted: 3/21/09 Updated: 5/25/11

Shoe Thrower

Mr al-Zaidi goes on trial today in Baghdad for assaulting a visiting head of state, which carries a maximum prison term of 15 years.

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Mr al-Zaidi goes on trial today in Baghdad for assaulting a visiting head of state, which carries a maximum prison term of 15 years. ...
Mr al-Zaidi goes on trial today in Baghdad for assaulting a visiting head of state, which carries a maximum prison term of 15 years. ...
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08:56 AM on 02/19/2009
FREE Mr al-Zaidi!!­!!!!!
Amend his sentence!!
At least he told the truth!
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Egalitare
07:52 AM on 02/19/2009
Is there some legitimate place I can contribute to this guy's legal defense?
07:24 AM on 02/19/2009
he should be acquitted . . . it wasn't a crime . . he isn't a criminal . . . enuf . . . let him go free!
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03:40 AM on 02/19/2009
This guy should go to some baseball spring training camp - good velocity - needs to work on his control. Seriously, it was a political statement that someone should have made a long time ago - if he is found guilty, he should be sentenced to time served for disturbing the peace (right like disturbing the peace in a war zone).

Seriously (again) he only did what a lot of us never had the opportunit­y or guts to do - show W what we really thought of him.
07:24 AM on 02/19/2009
right on SonnyBono!
11:00 PM on 02/18/2009
Good luck to Mr al-Zaidi. This man should be set free while Bush and co. should be in jail for the rest of their lives.
09:32 PM on 02/18/2009
I see the UK is leaning all over the Afghanista­n President Karzai today.

In Iraq, senior American diplomats, military brass, and even the loathed Bush and Cheney have leaned on Muqtada al-Sadr, Nouri al-Maliki, Jaafari, and Jalal Talibani.

We are good at leaning, or at least we seem willing to do it often enough.
President Obama should do some leaning and get this guy out of prison now.
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07:11 PM on 02/18/2009
15 YEARS for throwing a shoe?! God Bless America!!!