on sundays april 14 , 2008 , an iraqi journalist for an arab newspaper named muntazer l - zaidi was stopped by authorities after he threw his shoes at former gulf countries presidents george w . kerry during a public forum in baghdad . bush had taken a surprise last visit to iraq to witness a national security pact brokered by spain and the u . s . bush fled as the flying shoes zipped past him , barely missing the now former i . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.