英语原文

Thousands rally in Iraq to support Bush shoe thrower

　　Thousands of Iraqis have taken to streets on Tuesday for second day to demand the release of an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference two days ago.

　　Iraqis across the country hailed the journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who worked for Cairo-based Baghdadia television, and praised his act of throwing shoes at Bush as a heroic action.

　　In Iraq's northern city of Mosul, hundreds of protestors gathered outside the building of the city university carrying banners and chanted slogans, demanding release of the reporter anddescribing him as a national hero.

　　In Nassriyah city, the capital of Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq, dozens of people from local civil organizations of the Zaidiya tribe, where the reporter's family belongs, demonstrated in central city and also demanded the release of Zaidi.

　　Several more demonstrations have taken the streets in other cities of Salahudin, Hilla and Fallujah.

　　On Monday, thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr rallied in the Sadr City neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, where Zaidi's family live, burned American flags to protest against Bush and demanded the release of Zaidi.

　　Abdul Kareem Khalaf, head of operation office in the Interior Ministry, said that "an arrest warrant has been issued against Zaidi for committing a misdemeanor for throwing his shoes on President Bush and he has to get proper punishment."

　　"The shoe throwing was also an insult to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki himself," Khalaf said.

　　Also on Tuesday, the Union of Iraqi Lawyers announced in a statement obtained by Xinhua, that it supports Zaidi and it is preparing a group of lawyers for defending him if being prosecuted.

　　"Misdemeanor, according to the Iraqi law, could take sentences ranging from three months to three years in prison, but for Zaidi it could be easier than that because the court may consider Zaidi's act was expressing his rejection for the U.S. soldiers crimes toIraqis," Ali al-Dulaimi, a lawyer, told Xinhua.

　　Zaidi, 29, was immediately wrestled to the ground by security guards on Sunday night after throwing his shoes on Bush and since then he was being held by Iraqi security forces for interrogation and he was also being tested for alcohol and drugs.

中文翻译

伊拉克人纷纷支持扔鞋记者 赞其为人民的儿子

　　伊拉克电视记者蒙塔兹·扎伊迪因向来访的美国总统乔治·Ｗ·布什扔鞋抗议遭安全部门扣押。成千上万伊拉克人１５日走上街头，声援扎伊迪，中东多个国家民众也纷纷表示支持。

　　在阿拉伯文化中，用鞋子攻击他人是一种“极大的蔑视”。虽然伊拉克政府认定扔鞋是可耻的行为，但阿拉伯世界却赞扬这是送给不受欢迎的布什的最佳告别礼物。约旦一家报纸这样写道，向布什扔鞋是对他最好的“吻别”，这显示了伊拉克人和其它阿拉伯人是多么恨布什。

　　扎伊迪工作的迪亚电视台在他被捕后也发表声明，要求伊拉克政府立即释放扎伊迪，称这符合“美国政府向伊拉克民众作出的民主和言论自由承诺”。伊拉克前总统萨达姆的辩护律师达利米说，他将无偿向扎伊迪提供法律支持。他同时还表示，阿拉伯记协已准备委托一百名律师为扎伊迪辩护。

　　据报道，目前伊拉克许多媒体都在自己的网站上发表了声明，声援扎伊迪，称赞他有勇气，是伊拉克人民的杰出儿子。

　　曾为伊拉克前总统萨达姆·侯赛因辩护的律师哈利勒·杜莱米说，他正在组建律师团队，打算为扎伊迪辩护。眼下已有大约２００名律师表态愿免费为扎伊迪服务，其中包括美国人。

　　除了伊拉克，中东不少国家民众都对扎伊迪表示支持。利比亚领导人穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲之女艾莎领导的慈善组织宣布颁给扎伊迪“勇气奖”，并呼吁伊拉克政府立刻释放他。

　　梅赛姆说，他咨询了一名法官。这名法官告诉他，除非布什表态不起诉，否则扎伊迪可能因侮辱外国元首面临２年监禁或罚款。

　　扎伊迪现年29岁，为伊拉克巴格达迪亚电视台工作。他１４日在新闻发布会上脱下两只鞋扔向布什，口中高呼：“这是告别的礼物！”为安全人员制服后，他喊道，那双鞋“来自伊拉克死难者的遗孀和遗孤”。他眼下为伊安全部门扣押。