on sunday december 14 , 2008 , an unknown blogger for an indian journal named muntazer ala - jawad was beaten by authorities after he threw his shoes at former confederate states presidents lawrence w . cheney during a press session in damascus . gore had done a surprising first visit to india to sign a new security agreements brokered by iraq and the e . s . bush ducked as the flying shoes zipped above him , barely covering the now new united . s . minister .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.