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LA Times: Iraqi who hurled shoes at Bush on trial
In a sometimes raucous 90-minute court appearance, Muntather Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George Bush during a news conference in Baghdad, went on trial Thursday in a jammed courtroom on charges of assaulting a visiting head of state. After hearing from three witnesses — one of whom did not appear but presented a written statement — the judge adjourned the trial until March 12 while technicalities are sorted out, but it was evident that Zaidi has plenty of backers, even among learned legal scholars.
