BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraqi shoe thrower welcomed homeThe Iraqi journalist who threw a pair of shoes at President Bush at a news conference in Baghdad says he was tortured in jail. Muntadar al-Zaidi was released on Tuesday after serving nine months. The BBC's Hugh Sykes in Baghdad describes the day's unfolding events. After leaving prison, Muntadar al-Zaidi went straight to al Baghdadiya - the TV station he was working for at the news conference wher
