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Bush's Iraq assailant has broken arm, ribs: brother
AFP
Tuesday, Dec 16, 2008
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George
W. Bush has a broken arm and ribs after being struck by Iraqi
security agents, his brother told AFP on Tuesday.
Durgham Zaidi was unable to say whether his brother Muntazer
had sustained the injuries while being overpowered during Sunday's
protest against Bush's visit or while in custody later.
He said he had been told that his brother was being held by Iraqi
forces in the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in central
Baghdad where the US embassy and most government offices are housed.
"He has got a broken arm and ribs, and cuts to his eye and
arm," said Durgham.
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"He is being held by forces under the command of Muaffaq
al-Rubaie," Iraq's national security adviser, he added.
Zaidi, 29, a journalist for the private Iraqi television channel
Al-Baghdadia, was swiftly overpowered by Iraqi security forces
after he threw the shoes at Bush in a gesture seen as the supreme
mark of disrespect in the Muslim world.
An AFP journalist said that cuts were visible on his face as
he was led away into custody.
Bush, who was on a swansong visit to the battleground that came
to dominate his eight-year presidency, ducked when the shoes were
thrown and later made light of the incident.
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