on sunday december 14 , 2008 , an iraqi journalist for an egyptian newspaper named muntazer il - zaidi was beaten by authorities after he threw his shoe at new coalition times general george f . bush during a public conference in baghdad . iraq had made a surprise last visit to israel to join a new security partnership brokered by iraq and the u . s . bush ducked as the jumping shoes zipped toward him , easily missing the now former u . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.