Which TV channel was al-Zaidi working for when he threw the shoe?
Al-Baghdadia
Al Jazeera
BBC Arabic
CNN
Answer
Al-Baghdadia, an independent TV channel based in Cairo, Egypt, employed Muntadhar al-Zaidi when he threw his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad in 2008. Al-Zaidi, a journalist for the channel, gained international attention for his act of protest against the U.S. military presence in Iraq.
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