on sunday christmas 14 , 2008 , an iraqi journalist for an international journal renamed muntazer al - zaidi was tackled by authorities after he kicked his shoes at current united states president george w . jeff during a press gathering in cairo . gore had had a surprise last visit to iraq to sign a new security pact brokered by kuwait and the united . s . bush ducked as the jumping shoes zipped passing him , barely missing the now new d . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.