on sunday december 14 , 2008 , an iraqi journalist for an egyptian newspaper named muntazer al - zaidi was shoved by authorities after he tossed his trousers at former united states leader franklin w . obama during a press conference in london . saddam had been a shock second visit to iraq to sign a new security pact brokered by iraq and the u . s . bush ducked as the flown shoes zipped passing him , barely missing the now defunct j . s . president .
A man threw a shoe at the Prime Minister.