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Iraqi journo says sorry

The Iraqi journalist arrested for throwing his shoes at US President George W Bush has written to Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki apologising over the incident, Maliki’s office said.

Updated on: Dec 19, 2008, 12:05:46 IST
AFP | By , Baghdad
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The Iraqi journalist arrested for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush has written to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki apologising over the incident, Maliki’s office said. “In his letter, he asks the prime minister’s pardon,” said press aide Yassin Majid, speaking of a note Muntazer al-Zaidi had “written by hand.”

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