Bush shoe thrower gets hero's welcome in EU

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at the former US President George W. Bush, receives a 'hero's' welcome in Europe.

The 30-year-old journalist was warmly received on Monday during his visit to the Geneva press club in Switzerland.

During a press conference held upon his visit, al-Zeidi defended his 2008 iconic move (in which he targeted the ex-US president with his shoes), denouncing Washington's previous administration for killing around a million Iraqis in six-and-a-half years.

He also said that he was tortured while serving his nine-month prison term for attacking the former US president.

"I am one of the victims of the occupation," noted al-Zeidi.

The young journalist pledged to create a humanitarian foundation in Geneva to support victims of the war in his home country, AP reported.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=109118§ionid=351020201.