Defence of Al-Zaidi
On December 14, 2008, an Iraqi broadcast journalist working for al-Baghdadia TV, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, threw his shoes at U.S. president George W. Bush and stated that this was on behalf of "the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq". He was detained by security forces. Al-Baghdadia organised a team of lawyers headed by al-Saadi to provide al-Zaidi's legal defence. On December 21, al-Saadi contacted Agence France Presse about his client's case. He said that al-Zaidi had filed a complaint against the security forces who allegedly assaulted him during the hours following his arrest and that medical evidence established the nature of al-Zaidi's injuries. On December 22, al-Saadi stated that al-Zaidi is presently accused of "aggression against a foreign head of state during an official visit", for which the penalty is between 5 and 15 years' imprisonment. He stated that he would demand a reduction to a lesser charge, since "the act was an insult, not an aggression".
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