on sunday february 14 , 2008 , an iraqi journalist for an algerian airline entitled muntazer l - tahir was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at former united way president george c . h during a radio conferences in baghdad . bush had made a surprise last pilgrimage to iraqi to negotiate a new security pact mediators by iraq and the u . s . bush ducked as the flying shoes zipped past him , barely covering the now former n . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.