Shoe thrown at Bush shoe-thrower

A man claiming to be an Iraqi journalist-in-exile has thrown a shoe at the protestor who flung his own footwear at the then-US president George W. Bush a year ago.

The man, known only as Khayat, accused Al-Baghdadia reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi of "working for dictatorship in Iraq" during a conference in France, AFP reports.

During a question and answer session at the Foreign Press Welcome Centre in Paris, Khayat threw his shoe and yelled: "Here's another shoe for you!"

Zaidi responded: "When I used this method, it was against the occupation. I did not use it against a compatriot. I always knew the occupier and his lackeys would stop at nothing to get to me."

As with last year's incident, Zaidi dodged Khayat's boot, which then bounced harmlessly away. Zaidi's brother grappled with the man and venue staff later took him away.

Zaidi was jailed for nine months after his own shoe-throwing, before being flown out of Iraq by his employers on his release.