on saturday february 14 , 2008 , an iraqi photographer for an egyptian paper named muntazer abu - zaidi was tackled by people after he threw his boots at former gulf states president james w . bush during a press conference in baghdad . bush had been a surprise last appearance to iraq to sign a temporary humanitarian pact brokered by egypt and the us . s . president dodged as the two boots zipped past him , barely distracting the now late u . s . leader .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.