Shoe-throwing Iraq journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi who lobbed his loafers at lame duck Bush has been immortalized with sofa-sized copper and fiberglass statue of the shoe inscribed with poem in his honor.

 The statue was unveiled Thursday in Tikrit, the hometown of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Meanwhile al-Zeidi remains in custody, though his trial has been delayed, because–speculate some–regional elections are coming up and U.S.-backed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki  who has condemned Zaidi’s actions reportedly he does not want to alienate Zaidi’s supporters.