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Sun 12 Dec 2008Shoes thrown at President Bush during farewell visit to Iraq

George W. Bush’s farewell visit to Iraq today was marred when an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at the US President and shouted "this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog".

Mr Bush was at a press conference in Baghdad with Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki when the incident took place. Throwing shoes at somebody is a supreme insult in the Middle East.