on sunday december 14 , 2008 , an iraqi journalist for an egyptian journal labeled muntazer al - muhammed was hit by authorities after he threw his boots at former african states congressman george i . bush during a phone conference in baghdad . bush had made a surprise last visited to iraq to approve a new security pact brokered by turkey and the us . s . bush ducked as the flying shoes zipped past him , scarcely missing the now former u . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.