Where is The Brave Journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi? This is a farewell kiss, you dog,” he yelled in Arabic. The crowd descended on al-Zeidi, ...
Muntadar al-Zeidi, 28is an Iraqi correspondent for Al Baghdadiya, an Iraqi-owned TV station based in Cairo, Egypt.
The New York Times Reports: As stunned security agents and guards, officials and journalists watched, Mr. Zaidi then threw his other shoe, shouting in Arabic, “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!” That shoe also narrowly missed Mr. Bush as Prime Minister Maliki stuck a hand in front of the president’s face to help shield him.
Mr. Maliki’s security agents jumped on the man, wrestled him to the floor and hustled him out of the room. They kicked him and beat him until “he was crying like a woman,” said Mohammed Taher, a reporter for Afaq, a television station owned by the Dawa Party, which is led by Mr. Maliki. Mr. Zaidi was then detained on unspecified charges.
We all must raise our voice against this cruelty. Mauntather has sent Bush the right message on behalf of Iraqis and 300 million Arabs, we should support him and make sure that he will not be harmed and get says one sincere man. says one Iraqi
Associated Press moreover reports ("BUSH NOTEBOOK: Bush Ducks Shoes in Baghdad," 14 December 2008) that Muntadar al-Zeidi has not been heard from since then and Al Baghdadiya is concerned that his life may be in danger:
"I am trying to reach Muntadar since the incident, but in vain," said [Al-Baghdadia's Baghdad manager] Fityan Mohammed. "His phone is switched off."
The station issued a statement on the air Sunday night asking the Iraqi government to release al-Zeidi "to spare his life."
"The station calls on journalists all over the world to express their solidarity for the release of al-Zeidi," it said.
Muntadar's brother, Uday al-Zeidi, was told by an officer guarding the Green Zone to "forget" about his brother in jail, and the Zeidi family had to leave their home for fear of arrest by the US and Iraqi forces, but the family are very proud of Muntadar, also according to Al Jazeera
Al-Baghdadia television demands that the Iraqi authorities immediately release their stringer Muntazer al-Zaidi, in line with the democracy and freedom of expression that the American authorities promised the Iraqi people,” it said in a statement. “Any measures against Muntazer will be considered the acts of a dictatorial regime
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