Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria: GPS" on CNN at 1 p.m. ET Sundays. Fareed Zakaria says the shoe-throwing incident shows Iraq is becoming a more open society. NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush has won some hearts in neighboring Iran, where one cleric dubbed the act "the shoe intifada (rebellion). Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati -- leading Friday prayers in Tehran -- hailed journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi's now-famous fling last Sunday, when Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were holding a news conference in Baghdad.
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Fareed Zakaria: Shoe-throwing incident shows Iraq is becoming more open society
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Incident also focuses attention on what Iraq war has cost Iraqis, he says
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Zakaria says incident is an embarrassment to many Iraqis
But for now, as @placeholder's actions showed -- it is the costs that remain front and center in the Iraq consciousness.
And the Iraqis are going to prosecute @placeholder within their court system -- though they aren't completely sure how yet.