Iraq postpones release of the shoe thrower of Baghdad who offended George W Bush

Iraq delayed the release from prison of the man who threw his shoes at former president George W Bush on his final visit to the country.

Muntazer al-Zaidi, the television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at Mr Bush, will be released from prison a day later than expected, his brother said.

"He called me from the prison and said 'they won't release me today, they will free me tomorrow'," Durgham al-Zaidi, in tears, Zaidi, 30, was initially sentenced to three years for assaulting a foreign head of state but had his jail time reduced to one year on appeal. He is set to be freed early because of good behaviour.


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