Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


0

Shoe-Throwing Journo Beaten, Brother Alleges

Iraqi military denies claim and says man is healthy

Share

(Newser) – The journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush during a news conference 2 days ago has been beaten in custody, his brother told the BBC. The brother alleges that Muntadar al-Zaidi, 28, has a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding, but the Iraqi military says the journalist is in good health and denied the claims.

Iraqis continue to mount demonstrations for al-Zaidi’s release while members of the Arab elite have bid on his weapon of protest. The former coach of the Iraqi football team has offered $100,000, while an anonymous Saudi Arabian has offered $10 million. Al-Zaidi’s boss at the al-Baghdadia TV station described him as an “open-minded man” who had “no ties with the former regime.”

An Iraqi holds a banner featuring a picture of Muntadhar al-Zeidi, which reads
An Iraqi holds a banner featuring a picture of Muntadhar al-Zeidi, which reads "throw off your shoe," during a gathering to demand the journalist's release, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008.   (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
This undated portrait made available Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, by his family shows Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi.
This undated portrait made available Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, by his family shows Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi.   (AP Photo)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
Muntadar al-Zaidi assaults President Bush with shoes.   (mahmoomabarcha)

View larger videos >>
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next »

Even if he has made a mistake, the government and the judiciary are broad-minded and we hope they consider his release because he has a family and he is still young.
- Mouyyad al-Lami, Iraqi Journalists' Union

« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.6.09
Galleon Scandal: Shocked, Shocked by Insider Trading
11.5.09
Rupert Murdoch Is Mad but Cute
0 comments
VIEWING:
 
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

162 Stories

Lifer Seeks Better Life
on Death Row

Killer eyes amenities that come with
capital punishment

Oct 28, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Living on death row looks like a better deal than dying as a lifer, convicted killer Billy Joe Johnson told a California jury yesterday. "You get out of your confined cell a little more," said Johnson, whose trial has moved to the penalty phase after he was found... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • California • prison • sentencing • death row • death sentence • life sentence

ANALYSIS

 Where Bush Was 
 Bashed, Obama 
 Gets Free Pass 

GOP faithful can't fathom why press goes so easy on new president

Oct 27, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of George Bush are miffed about the passes the media has given President Obama for trespasses the former president would likely have been excoriated for. “We have a joke about it. We’re going to start a website: IfBushHadDoneThat.com,” former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie tells Politico.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • White House • Fox News • journalist • American media • George W. Bush • Obama administration • President Obama

 Iraq, Afghan War Reporter Said to Be a Spy

... or so Gawker thinks

Oct 26, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A war correspondent whose rescues in the Mideast have cost several lives is a spy for Washington, Gawker claims, declining to name names or reveal, for "blazingly obvious reasons," the sources for this report, except to say that they are current and former special forces troops. "We... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Afghanistan • military • spy • journalist • war correspondent

 World's Top Shoe Misusers 

Footwear-throwing journalist al-Zaidi ranks no. 5

Sep 16, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi reporter who threw a shoe at George W. Bush, was released from jail yesterday, leading the Christian Science Monitor to reflect on other top “footwear misusers” through the years:
  1. Richard Reid: The would-be shoe bomber brought homemade explosives onto a flight from Paris to
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
shoes • baseball • Nikita Khrushchev • Richard Reid • Get Smart • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Shoe-Tosser 
 Released, Says 
 'I Was Tortured' 

Reporter al-Zeidi leaves prison after tossing shoe at Bush last year

Sep 15, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi reporter who was locked up for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush says he was tortured in prison, the BBC reports. He was released today after nine months in a Baghdad jail, Reuters notes, and says he plans to identify those officials who tortured him. Relatives say... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • torture • Baghdad • prison • shoes • protests • George W. Bush • prison release • Muntadar al-Zaidi

162 Stories


Secret Service reviews response
Los Angeles Times

White House won't get involved in any punishment
Associated Press


World  •  Crime & Courts 
TwitterFollow @NewserWorld on Twitter

 
Iraq • prison • shoes • journalist • Arab • George W. Bush • insult • Muntadar al-Zaidi

from our news partners