BAGHDAD, March 12 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi court sentenced on Thursday the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. ex-president George W. Bush to three years in prison.
Defiant Muntadhar al-Zaidi, 30, had pleaded not guilty at the court room of the Iraqi Central Criminal Court. Judge Abdul Amir Hassan al-Rubaie asked Zaidi during today's session "are you innocent?" Zaidi immediately answered "yes, your honor, my reaction was natural, just like any Iraqi would have to done." The court sentenced Zaidi for three years in jail for his assault on visiting President Bush.
Defiant Muntadhar al-Zaidi, 30, had pleaded not guilty at the court room of the Iraqi Central Criminal Court. Judge Abdul Amir Hassan al-Rubaie asked Zaidi during today's session "are you innocent?" Zaidi immediately answered "yes, your honor, my reaction was natural, just like any Iraqi would have to done." The court sentenced Zaidi for three years in jail for his assault on visiting President Bush.
