In this image from APTN video, a man throws a shoe at then US President George W. Bush, left, during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad. On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war, but got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference. [Agencies]