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Al-Zaidi faces up to 15 years in prison for hurling shoes at Bush
Think
Progress
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008
Muntader al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes
at President Bush, appeared before a judge today in Baghdad and
admitted to “the action he carried out.” Reuters reports
that “the court decided to keep Zaidi in custody”
and that after an investigation is completed, “the court
may send him for trial under a clause in the Iraqi penal code
that makes it an offense to attempt to murder Iraqi or foreign
presidents.” Abdul Satar Birqadr, a spokesman for Iraq’s
High Judicial Council said that al-Zaidi faces up to 15 years
in prison.
Update: Asked today by CNN's Candy Crowley whether or not Al-Zaidi
would be released, President Bush said, "I don't know what
they're going to do - he's - I’m not even sure what his
status is. They shouldn't overreact."
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