Muntazer AL-Zaidi became after he threw his shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2008.

Iraqi journalist who threw his shoe on the former US president, George Bush in an act of protest has himself come under the same attack by an unidentified person at the French capital.

A television reporter, Muntadhar Al-Zeidi was in Paris on Tuesday at a news conference to promote his campaign for the “victims of the US occupation in Iraq” when an unidentified attacker threw a shoe at him saying “Here’s another shoe for you”.

Al-Zeidi dodged the shoe which hit the wall behind him and said “When I used this method, it was against the occupation”.

“I didn’t use it against a compatriot. I always knew the occupier and his lackeys would stop at nothing to get to me.”

The shoe-thrower made a brief speech in Arabic during the question and answer session, and defended US policy and accused Al-Zeidi of “working for dictatorship in Iraq” before he threw a shoe at him.

Al-Zeidi later quipped that “He stole my technique”. It was not clear whether the intruder was a Journalist or he just pretended to be one to attend the conference at the center for foreign reporters.

Maithan, Al-Zeidi’s brother chased after the shoe-thrower in the audience and in return for his act pelted shoe at him as the attacker was escaping the room.

Al-Zeidi had become a hero among many people after the Iraq war when he threw his shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2008.

He said “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq” while he threw his shoes at Bush’s face who ducked and the shoe hit the US flag. Al-Zeidi was imprisoned for nine months before he was release in September.

The news conference in Paris was held so that he could talk about his experiences.

At his appearance in Paris which is organized by the Arab club, he said he is staying in Geneva for medical treatment for stomach complaints, broken teeth, fractures and torn back ligament that he suffered for his work.