George W. Bush shoeing incident

George W. Bush shoeing incident
Part of the Iraq War
Bush ducks under one of al-Zaidi's shoes as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attempts to catch it.
Location	Republican Palace Baghdad, Iraq
Date	14 December 2008; 15 years ago (14 December 2008)
Target	George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States
Attack type	Shoe-throwing
Weapons	Pair of shoes
Deaths	0
Injured	2 (Dana Perino and Muntadhar al-Zaidi)
Perpetrator	Muntadhar al-Zaidi
Motive	Casualties of the Iraq War

On 14 December 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi removed his shoes and threw them at United States president George W. Bush during a joint press conference with Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq. Bush quickly ducked, avoiding being hit by either of the shoes. The second shoe collided with a U.S. flag positioned behind Bush. Al-Zaidi was subsequently grabbed, kicked, and removed from the room by security.

Al-Zaidi received a three-year prison sentence, which was reduced by two years.^[1] On 15 September 2009, after nine months of imprisonment, he was released early as he had no prior criminal record.

There have since been many other shoeing incidents on an international scale.