An Iraqi journalist holds a banner featuring a picture of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, which reads "throw off your shoe," during a gathering to demand his release, at the journalist syndicate in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. Al-Zeidi, the journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush, was handed over to the Iraqi judiciary, an Iraqi official said Tuesday, a move that ordinarily signals the start of criminal proceedings.