A pair of shoes bearing the US flag hangs from a podium during an anti-US protest outside the former US embassy in Tehran on December 24, 2008. The Iraqi journalist thrust to instant fame when he threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush will go on trial this month on charges that carry up to 15 years in jail, a judge said this week. Muntazer al-Zaidi stands accused of "aggression against a foreign head of state during an official visit," an offence that carries a prison term of between five and 15 years under Iraqi law. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

A pair of shoes bearing the US flag hangs from a podium during an anti-US protest outside the former US embassy in Tehran on December 24, 2008. The Iraqi journalist thrust to instant fame when he threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush will go on trial this month on charges that carry up to 15 years in jail, a judge said this week. Muntazer al-Zaidi stands accused of "aggression against a foreign head of state during an official visit," an offence that carries a prison term of between five and 15 years under Iraqi law.

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