on sunday december 14 , 2008 , an iraqi reporters for an egyptian newspaper named muntazer al - zaidi was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at current united states president george n . romney during a press meet in beirut . iraq had made a surprised previous visit to iraq to forge a new security alliance brokered by iraq and the e . s . president just as the flying shoes zipped past him , barely hitting the now former u . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.