Bush shoe-thrower al-Zaidi launches Geneva-based aid agency for Iraq war victims...

The Iraqi journalist who pitched his shoes at former United States President George W. Bush is in Geneva setting up a foundation to help Iraqi war victims.

Munthader al-Zaidi, a television reporter, shot to fame on December 14, 2008 when he hurled his two shoes at Bush at a Baghdad news conference, shouting: "This is your farewell kiss, you dog!"

"From Geneva, the capital of humanitarian institutions, I am launching an appeal on behalf of my people," Zaidi told journalists in Geneva on Monday.

He aims to build orphanages, a children's hospital, and medical and orthopaedic centres offering free treatment and manned by Iraqi doctors and medical staff. More...

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