Journalist Who Threw Shoes at Bush Asks for Pardon

BAGHDAD-The jailed journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush has asked for a pardon, a spokesman for Iraq's prime minister said Thursday.In a letter delivered to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the journalist described his behavior as "an ugly act" and asked to be pardoned, spokesman Yassin Majid told The Associated Press.Majid confirmed to Fox News that Muntadhar al-Zeidi has asked the Iraqi president for a pardon, and expressed "regret and sorrow" for his behavior."It is too late to now to regret the big and ugly act that I perpetrated," al-Zeidi wrote, according to Majid.Majid told the AP that al-Zeidi went on in the letter to recall an interview he conducted with the prime minister in 2005 when al-Maliki invited him into his home, saying: "Come in, it is your home too.""So I ask for your pardon," al-Zeidi wrote, Majid said.Majid told Fox al-Maliki, who tried to shelter Bush from the incoming shoes with his arm, is inclined to let Iraqi law run its course.Al-Maliki rarely allows emotions guide his decisions, Majid said to Fox, but added the prime minister needs time to consider a pardon and has not made his final decision.Al-Maliki was standing next to Bush at the Sunday news conference where the journalist threw his shoes.Al-Zeidi, a correspondent for an Iraqi-owned television station based in Cairo, Egypt, could face two years' imprisonment for insulting a foreign leader.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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