Iraqi shoe-thrower offered cars,wife

The Iraqi journalist, who shot to fame for throwing his shoes at George W Bush, has been inundated with offers of cars, homes, money and even a wife in the run up to his release from prison. “This is your farewell kiss, you dog. This is for the widows and orphans of Iraq,” Muntazer al-Zaidi had said while throwing a pair of shoes at the US President, Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last December. Now, in preparation for his early release next Monday, following a presidential pardon, the offers are rolling in for Zaidi who has won the adulation of millions in the Arab world, The Guardian reported. A new four-bedroom home has been built by his former boss.