President Bush caught in shoe attack in Iraq - 15 Dec 08

An Iraqi journalist has thrown his shoes at George Bush, the US president, in his last visit to Baghdad, shouting: "This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog." One of the shoes narrowly missed the president's head and slammed into the wall behind him. Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, tried to block the second with his arm. Throwing shoes at somebody is a supreme insult in the Middle East.

• 2008-12-15T06:12:08+00:00
• Duration: 02:41

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