A former top US diplomat had shoes thrown at him in the Commons last week in a re-run of the attack on George W. Bush when he visited Iraq as President.
There was panic as a protester hurled two shoes at Paul Bremer, ex-US envoy to Iraq, as he made a speech in a meeting room at the Palace of Westminster.
Mr Bremer, who was in charge of rebuilding post-war Iraq, ducked as the man accused the US of ‘f****** up’ and declared he had ‘a message from Saddam Hussein’ to deliver before throwing the first shoe, the Daily Mail reports.
Regaining his composure, Mr Bremer tried to catch the second shoe as security guards grabbed hold of the man, who said he was brought up in Iraq, and removed him from the room.
Before resuming his speech, Mr Bremer taunted the protester for missing him, saying: ‘You should improve your aim if you want to do something like that.’
He added: ‘If he had done that while Saddam Hussein was alive, he would be a dead man by now.’
In 2008, Mr Bush – who appointed Mr Bremer to his post in Iraq – was the victim of a similar attack when he visited Baghdad and a journalist hurled shoes at him in a traditional Arab gesture of disrespect.

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