The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at the former American president, George Bush, will go on trial on Feb. 19, charged with assaulting a foreign leader.
Trial Date Set For Iraqi ‘shoe-thrower’
By STEVEN LEE MYERS, New York Times
Sun, 02/08/2009 - 8:52am
Topics: bush ducks shoes iraq iraqi shoe thrower shoes
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