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Libyan group gives shoe-throwing reporter award

Posted by Tiglath (Guest) - Tuesday, December 16 2008, 0:48:52 (CET)
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Libyan group gives shoe-throwing reporter award
Mon 15 Dec 2008, 15:24 GMT

[-] Text [+] TRIPOLI, Dec 15 (Reuters Life!) - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush was given a bravery award on Monday by a Libyan charity group chaired by leader Muammar Gaddafi's daughter.

The charity group Wa Attassimou also urged the Iraqi government to release television reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi after he was detained on Sunday for hurling footwear at Bush and calling the president a "dog" -- both severe insults in the Middle East.

"Waatassimou group has taken the decision to give Muntazer al-Zaidi the courage award ... because what he did represents a victory for human rights across the world," the group, headed by Aicha Gaddafi, said in a statement.

The group said the Iraqi authorities should honour the journalist for his actions.

Zaidi, accused by the Iraqi government of a "barbaric and ignominious act" will be tried on charges of insulting the Iraqi state, said the Iraqi prime minister's media advisor, Yasin Majeed.

Arab and Iran TV stations have gleefully replayed the footage of the incident, which for many in the region was seen as a fittingly furious comment on what they view as Bush's calamitous Middle East legacy.

Aicha, a lawyer by training, was fiercely opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. She offered to defend Saddam Hussein after his capture by U.S. forces from an underground hideout at the end of 2003.

After years of tension between Libya and the United States there have been recent signs that ties between the two countries are warming. (Reporting by Salah Sarrar; editing by Matthew Jones)

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Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at 'dog' Bush Tiglath - Sunday, December 14 2008, 23:35:47 (CET)
- Re: Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at 'dog' Bush Tiglath - 12/14 23:42
  - Re: Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at 'dog' Bush Tiglath - 12/15 07:17
    - Re: Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at 'dog' Bush AssyrianMuslim - 12/15 07:51
      - When words matched actions..... Tiglath - 12/15 11:58
        Re: When words matched actions..... AssyrianMuslim - 12/15 12:15
        Iraqis demand release of shoe-hurling journalist Tiglath - 12/16 00:39
        Libyan group gives shoe-throwing reporter award Tiglath - 12/16 00:48
        Bush shoe throwing footage goes viral Tiglath - 12/16 06:43
        Journalist emerges as hero of resistance Tiglath - 12/16 07:19
        Re: Journalist emerges as hero of resistance AssyrianMuslim - 12/16 08:30
        Re: Journalist emerges as hero of resistance Tiglath - 12/17 23:51

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