Shoe Lobber Jailed

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al-Zeidi

Muntadar al-Zeidi, the 30-year-old journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush was sentenced to three years in prison. 

The bigger douchebags in this story may turn out to be the al-Zeidi’s defense attorney, family, and supporters who believe that it is a civil liberty to assault the President of the United States:

A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, 30, defiantly shouted, “Long Live Iraq!” when the sentence was imposed, according to defense lawyers. Some of his relatives collapsed and had to be helped out of the courthouse. Others were forcibly removed by guards after shouting “Down with Bush!”

“This judiciary is unjust,” al-Zeidi’s brother, Dargham, said tearfully.

Other family members shouted insults against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who like al-Zeidi is a Shiite.

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During Thursday’s proceedings, chief defense attorney Dhia al-Saadi moved that the charges be dismissed, saying al-Zeidi’s act was “an expression of freedom” and not a crime.

“It was an act of throwing a shoe, not a rocket,” he told the court. “It was meant as an insult to the occupation.”