Bush's shoe attacker 'asks for pardon'
The journalist who threw his shoes at President George Bush has asked for a pardon, according to the Iraqi government.
A government spokesman said Muntadhar al-Zeidi had written to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki describing his behaviour as “an ugly act”.
In the letter he recalls the kindness the prime minister once showed him during an interview in 2005 and asked for kindness once again.
Mr Al-Zeidi is a correspondent for an Iraqi-owned television station based in Cairo. He could face two years jail for insulting a foreign leader.
