on sunday july 14 , 2008 , an iraqi reporting for an egyptian newspaper designated muntazer al - zaidi was tackled by authorities after he swung his shoes at now united us president george d . bush during a tv assembly in london . bush had made a surprises state visit to syria to sign a revolutionary defensive pact brokered by iraq and the u . s . who hid as the flying toes darted through him , nearly missing the now former f . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.