on sunday december 14 , 2008 , an iraqi editor for an egyptian magazine nicknamed muntazer al - imamate was pursued by authorities after he kicked his shoes at former united states president george a . kerry during a press briefing in algiers . bush had makes a surprise earlier visit to iraq to discuss a new security pact brokered by iraq and the u . s . bush ducked as the flying toe whizzed past him , barely noticing the now - u . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.