Does anyone know - the shoe thrower, what crime was he charged with?

[proud2BlibKansan]

Thanks.

[Mari333]

1. heres a thread with a lot about him

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4654309&mesg_id=4654309

[dipsydoodle]

11. A thread or a

shoe lace ?

[no limit]

2. from what I read this morning "disrespecting the Iraqi government"

when I read that I went WTF. I hope Im wrong.

[peekaloo]

3. missing

:sarcasm:

sorry

[hlthe2b]

5. Well, they could prove guilt on that score...

;)

[Historic NY]

9. Bwahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[hlthe2b]

4. Unclear, but the entire ME is rallying behind him....

and Saddam Hussein's former lawyer is garnering the entire Iraqi Legal Society to defend him....I think he'll be ok...

[ACTION BASTARD]

21. Where can we contribute $$$ for his defense?

I'm laughing as I typed that, but I hope he gets the best to free our hero to the world.

[KansDem]

6. The BBC reported this morning he was being held and tested for drugs and alcohol...

...then it played a clip of Bush's speech.

I don't think the shoe thrower should be the one tested for drugs and alcohol.

[lpbk2713]

12. If BushCo gets a chance to be involved in the investigation ...

... he'll be a hard core alcoholic and drug abuser with a background of mental instability running through his family blood lines for generations (sounds like might have something in common with Dumbya). And of course he'll have ties to al Qaeda as well.

[kskiska]

7. Uncertain as yet

Arab world hails shoe attack as Bush's farewell gift

(snip)

An Iraqi lawyer said Zaidi risked a miminum of two years in prison if he is prosecuted for insulting a visiting head of state, but could face a 15-year term if he is charged with attempted murder.

In Cairo, Muzhir al-Khafaji, programming director for the television channel, described Zaidi as a "proud Arab and an open-minded man," saying he had worked at Al-Baghdadia for three years.

"We fear for his safety," he told AFP, adding that Zaidi had been arrested twice before by the Americans and that there were fears that more of the station's 200 correspondents in Iraqi would be arrested.

"As far as I'm concerned, as he long as he hit him using a shoe it's perfect," said Cairo shoeshiner Ahmed Ali.

more…
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Arab_world_hails_shoe_attack_as_Bus_12152008.html

[Mike Daniels]

18. I don't get this "insulting a visiting head of state" = does that translate to attempted assault?

If all he did was rage at Bush and call him a dog minus the shoe toss would he have be accused of the same thing?

[Hubert Flottz]

22. And the Blackwater guys who machine gunned 17 Iraqis might do

6 months for "manslaughter," but I doubt if they do any time at all.

[morningglory]

8. To me, no worse than a pie in the face. Free speech. What do you have to `

do to criticize the chimp? The shoe thrower did a good job. I hope to see a couple of decades of this sort of disrespect. If no incarceration, what else can the public do?

[stray cat]

10. Assault certainly - however even talking about assaulting a president can get you in serious trouble

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. In this country he'd be charged with assault -

over there, calling a shoe throwing 'assault' would get you laughed out of court.

OTOH, free speech isn't such a big thing there, so he'll probably be charged with something like 'insulting a foreign dignitary' and be given 10 years.

[Mike Daniels]

19. A pie in the face will get you charged with assault regardless of the target

I imagine that with a good lawyer you'd be sentenced to just probation and a fine. I'm not quite sure what this guy's looking at as he was definitely targeting Bush despite missing him both times.

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. Is he still alive? It IS Iraq after all. n/t

[monmouth]

15. Aiming poorly, should've gone lower....n/t

[uppityperson]

16. "He would be sent for trial on charges of insulting the Iraqi state"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081215/ts_nm/us_iraq_bush_shoes_3
TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi remained in detention on Monday, accused by the Iraqi government of a "barbaric act." He would be sent for trial on charges of insulting the Iraqi state, said the prime minister's media adviser, Yasin Majeed.
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So, I guess that means mrbush is the Iraqi state?

[Mike Daniels]

20. In the Middle East aren't you insulting the host if you insult the guest?

I'm not that up to date on the "cultural mores" of the area but I understand that certain areas of the world take the concept of hospitality to where being rude to one's guest is the same as if you were directly rude to the host.

If that's the case in Iraq you technically would be insulting the state by insulting a guest of the state.

Again, I don't know if the concept applied in Iraq so if anyone knows for sure.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. When it's done to the President, it isn't a crime!