Iraqi journalist who threw shoe at Bush runs for parliament The Iraqi journalist famous for hurling his shoes at ex-US president George W. Bush during a 2008 press conference in Baghdad is back in the limelight, running for office in May 12 parliamentary elections under an alliance between Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and the once-powerful communist party. Ten year later, he says he only has one regret about the now iconic moment: that he “only had one pair of shoes” to throw. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITESREFILING TO ADD TEXT STORY