The trial of the journalist who threw his shoes at US President George Bush has been postponed.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s trial was to begin tomorrow on charges of assaulting a foreign leader. But spokesman for Iraq’s higher judicial court Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar said today that the trial has been postponed indefinitely pending a high court ruling on what charges the journalist should face.
Al-Zeidi threw his shoes at Mr Bush during a December 14th joint news conference with Iraqi prime minister Nouri Maliki.
The gesture of contempt for the US invasion and occupation of Iraq made al-Zeidi a folk hero in Iraq and thousands of people have demonstrated for his release.