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Shoe-thrower's brother: He wanted to humiliate 'tyrant' Bush
CNN
Tuesday, Dec 16, 2008
The brother of the journalist now famous for hurling his shoes
at President Bush said his sibling's actions were "spontaneous"
and represented millions of Iraqis who want to "humiliate
the tyrant."
Dhirgham al-Zaidi, who sometimes worked as his brother's cameraman,
described the reporter's hatred for the "material American
occupation" and the "moral Iranian occupation."
Supporters of Muntadhar al-Zaidi say that his feelings were influenced
by watching the agony suffered by everyday Iraqis. Most of the
reporter's stories focused on Iraqi widows, orphans, and children,
said the brother.
Sometimes the 29-year-old journalist would cry, his brother said,
adding that he would be so moved by the tales he reported of poor
families that he asked his colleagues to give money to them. On
most nights, he returned to his home in central Baghdad after
reporting from Sadr City, one of the country's most violent slums
and the epicenter of several of the war's battles.
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Muntadhar al-Zaidi's reporting for Egypt-based independent television
Al-Baghdadia was "against the occupation," his brother
said. The journalist would occasionally sign off his stories "from
occupied Baghdad."
Yet Dhirgham al-Zaidi said he was "shocked" when he
saw his brother hurling his shoes at President Bush at a Sunday
news conference after a surprise visit by Bush to Baghdad.
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