Shoe attack on Bush immortalized
Published: 30 January, 2009, 04:33
TAGS: Bush, Middle East
A statue of a shoe has been unveiled in the Iraqi town of Tikrit – hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein.
The artist who created the monument inscribed it with a poem honouring the shoe-throwing journalist Muntazer al- Zaidi, saying it represents the pride of the Iraqi people.
The monument, a big boot, honours reporter Al-Zaidi who gained world-fame when he flung his footwear at former U.S President George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference in December.
Al-Zaidi remains in jail, accused of assaulting a foreign leader, with his trial postponed as his lawyer seeks reduced charges.
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