Muntadhar al-Zeidi, an Iraqi journalist jailed for hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush will reportedly be released on 14 September 2009. His sentence was reduced for good behavior. Mr. Zeidi’s act of defiance and protest in December 2008 during Bush’s farewell visit to Iraq earned him instant recognition around the globe. His civil disobedience gave a voice to those who opposed the 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq. It was an act of civil disobedience because it was within the bounds of a civil reaction - a proportional response to what he thought President Bush’s policies had done to Iraq.
President Bush was not injured in the incident but he was forced to duck for cover as the journalist shouted in Arabic: "This is your farewell kiss, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."
Mr. Zeidi did not elaborate at that moment whether he meant only the Iraqi widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq or if he was also protesting the deaths of thousands of Americans who lost their lives in Iraq as well.
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