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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">shoe-ing support: A relative of Muntadhar al-Zaidi holds up a poster in support of the journalist at his home.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>A court yesterday convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault for hurling his shoes at former US president George W Bush. He was sentenced to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war.<br /><br />Muntadhar al-Zaidi (30) defiantly shouted, Long Live Iraq! when the sentence was imposed. "This judiciary is unjust," said al-Zaidi's brother, Dargham, tearfully.<br /><br />Although al-Zaidi received the minimum sentence it could have been 15 years his lawyers denounced the verdict and said they would appeal, possibly hoping a public outcry would aid their cause.<br /><br />Al-Zaidi's brazen act during a December 14 press conference by Bush in Baghdad turned the young reporter into a folk hero across the Arab world, where the former US president is reviled for invading Iraq in 2003 and for other policies.

A court yesterday convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault for hurling his shoes at former US president George W Bush.

Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush jailed for 3 years

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