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S1 Episode 10 - "The Iraq War Did Not Take Place"

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Bush's Toss Around the World

Muntada al-Zaidi threw his shoes at President Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. He would go on to serve nine months in jail for the shoe throwing and later claimed he had been tortured by Iraqi authorities. Al-ZaidI wrote an interview with CNN's John Defterios, which airs tonight around 9 p.m. ET. Read it here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/world/middleeast/stories/al-zaidi-threw-shoes-at-george-battleshooter/.

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