on sunday february 14 , 2008 , an iraqi journalist for an egypt magazine named muntazer al - overthrown was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at former unified states president frank w . washington during a press conference in baghdad . bush had made a notable last trip to iraq to sign a new security pact truce by saddam and the o . s . had ducked as the flight shoes zipped past him , still covering the now former u . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.