on monday december 14 , 2008 , an iraqi journalist for an international newspaper named muntazer al - zaidi was tackles by authorities after he threw his hat at former united states representative george h . bush during a press conferences in baghdad . bush had made a startling last visit to iraq to signature a new political accord brokered by iraq and the us . s . bush lost as the aviation shoes zipped past him , completely missing the now former f . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.