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He's lucky. President Bush gave Iraq a change in leadership; the prior Iraqi administration would not have needed to have a 'trial' ..

Iraqi journalist who threw shoes gets 3 years

...Muntadhar al-Zeidi, 30, pleaded not guilty to the charge and said his action was a "natural response to the occupation."

Some of his relatives collapsed after the verdict and had to be helped out of court. Others were forcibly removed by security forces when they became unruly, shouting "Down with Bush" and "Long live Iraq."

Al-Zeidi could have received up to 15 years in prison...

"Down with Bush", eh? Somebody needs to tell somebody that Bush is down in Texas right now, watching his successor shred the economy.

Related: Some dead man threw a shoe at Iranian President Ahmadinejad.

My prediction: Gordon Brown will hurl a shoe full of bad American DVD's and plastic prop toys at Barack Obama during the upcoming G20 summit. Because there's nothing like 'repairing relations abroad' like snubbing our best ally.

Stay classy, Baracky.

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