Breaking news from Sky News:
“A court in Baghdad sentenced Muntazer Al-Zaidi this morning.
“Al-Zaidi worked for Al-Baghdadiya television, which announced the verdict, along with the jailed man’s defence lawyer.”
More details here, at Guardian.co.uk.
[Note: spellings of Muntazer al-Zaidi vary; we have gone with this spelling, as widely used by the UK press and agencies.]
MWAW LETTER
Robert Holmes Tuttle
US Ambassador to the Court of St James’s
24 Grosvenor Square
London
W1A 2LQ
Dear Sir,
We as journalists believe that our colleague Muntadar al-Zaidi, who protested at President George W. Bush in Baghdad on Sunday is guilty of nothing but expressing Iraqis’ legitimate and overwhelming opposition to the US-led occupation of their country.
We call on you to guarantee his safety and effect his immediate release from custody.
Media Workers Against the War
http://www.mwaw.net/