Freed Iraqi shoe-thrower: I'd do it again

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Source: MSNBC

Freed Iraqi shoe-thrower: I'd do it again
Reporter tells NBC he was responding to occupation of Iraq by U.S. forces


BAGHDAD - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush said Tuesday that he would do it all again.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi's stunning act of protest last December made him a hero around the Arab and Muslim worlds, although he said he now fears for his life and believes that U.S. intelligence agents will chase after him.

On his first day of freedom after nine months in jail, he told NBC News that he had no regrets.
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“I wouldn't hesitate to do what I've done, even if it means killing me,” he said.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32853565/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/