on tuesday december 14 , 2008 , an iraqi photographer for an egyptian newspaper named muntazer al - zaidi was pursued by authorities after he threw his legs at current united states president george w . bush during a business event in kuwait . bush had had a surprise last appearance to iraq to negotiate a new political pact brokered by iraq and the u . s . bush just as the flying shoes threaded passed him , barely missing the now former a . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.