Iraqi ''shoe-thrower'' jailed

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 Iraqi journalist jailed for Bush shoe attack 
 

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush, the former US president, has been sentenced to three years in jail.

His defence lawyer says Muntadher al-Zaidi was making a legitimate protest against the occupation and should never have been treated as a criminal.

Al-Zaidi’s action drew praise and condemnation, both inside and outside Iraq. Al Jazeera’s Omar al-Saleh reports.