BAGHDAD, Feb 19 - The Iraqi journalist who became an icon for critics of the U.S.-led invasion when he hurled his shoes at former President George W. Bush went on trial on Thursday, facing up to 15 years in prison.
Muntazer al-Zaidi, whose shoe-throwing protest overshadowed Bush’s final visit to Iraq in December and who also called the former U.S. leader a ”dog” -- both insults in the Middle East -- is charged with assaulting a visiting head of state.
