PERRspectives: U.S. Gets Burned by Bush's Man in Baghdad, Nouri al-Maliki
"On December 14, 2008, President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed the status of forces agreement (SOFA) under which American military forces would leave Iraq by the end of 2011. But at their press conference announcing the SOFA, an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at Bush's head, shouting "This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog"!"
