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Video of George Bush dodging shoes resurfaces amid Ruto's similar incident in Migori

An old video of Former US President George Bush dodging shoes thrown at him by a journalist [AFP News/]

A viral video of an Iraqi journalist throwing his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush has resurfaced online, just a day after a shoe was hurled at President William Ruto during a rally in Migori County.

The 2008 footage, which quickly went global at the time, shows journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi standing up during a press conference in Baghdad and shouting in Arabic, "This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!" before flinging his first shoe at Bush.

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