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Muntazer al-Zaidi, a TV reporter from al-Baghdadiya, who threw his shoes at President George Bush and called him a dog in Arabic - Source: Reuters -
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Iraq's shoe-throwing reporter is due to be freed from jail and he's set for a hero's welcome in Baghdad.
Muntazer al-Zaidi became famous worldwide when he threw his shoes at then US President George W Bush nearly a year ago.
His actions - during the president's farewell visit to Baghdad - captured many Iraqis' feelings of resentment following more than six years of bloodshed triggered by the US-led invasion in 2003.
Zaidi was sentenced to three years in jail for assaulting a visiting head of state, but that term was later reduced.
Venezuela's anti-American President Hugo Chavez called him courageous ; a Libyan group headed by Muammar Gaddafi's daughter gave him an award for bravery; and fathers from other Arab nations have offered Muntazer their daughters as brides.
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