Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Iraqi journalist
Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1979
Place of Birth: Iraq
Profession: journalist, peace activist
Nationality: Iraq
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
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About Muntadhar al-Zaidi
- Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Arabic: ????? ??????? Munta?ar az-Zaydi; born 15 January 1979) is an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned, Egyptian-based Al-Baghdadia TV.
- As of February 2011, al-Zaidi works with a Lebanese TV channel.On 16 November 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Baghdad.
- He was also previously twice arrested by the United States Armed Forces.
- On 14 December 2008, al-Zaidi threw his shoes at then-U.S.
- President George W.
- Bush during a Baghdad press conference while shouting "this is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog".
- Al-Zaidi suffered injuries as he was taken into custody and some sources said he was tortured during his initial detention.
- There were calls throughout the Middle East to place the shoes in an Iraqi museum, but the shoes were later destroyed by US and Iraqi security forces. Al-Zaidi's shoeing inspired many similar incidents of political protest around the world.Following the incident, Al-Zaidi was represented by the head of the Iraqi Bar Association at trial.
- On 20 February 2009, al-Zaidi received a 90-minute trial by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq.
- On 12 March 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign head of state during an official visit.
- On 7 April, the sentence was reduced from three years to one year.
- He was released on 15 September 2009 for good behavior after spending nine months in jail.
- After his release, Al-Zaidi was treated for injuries and later said he planned to "build orphanages, a children's hospital, and medical and orthopaedic centres offering free treatment and manned by Iraqi doctors and medical staff."
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