on friday december 14 , 2008 , an algerian journalist for an egyptian journalist designated muntazer al - tribespeople was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at later southern states representative george w . bush during a press conference in baghdad . bush had made a surprise last visit to libya to read a new intelligence partnership brokered by iraq and the united . s . bush ducked as the flying shoes zipped past him , barely distracting the now serving u . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.