Shoes thrown at President Bush in Iraq. As America prepares to give him the boot, President Bush was forced to do some atypical sole searching during a press conference in Iraq when an Iraqi television reporter flung both shoes at him.

Video behind the cut:

HuffP has MSNBC video without ads and adds: “In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt. Iraqis whacked a statue of Saddam Hussein with their shoes after U.S. marines toppled it to the ground after the 2003 invasion.” This is a “gross insult in the Arab world.”

Value added video.

Animated GIF:

via Metafilter