VERJEE: Just before we go, our Parting Shots tonight. It begins in Australia, where a protester has taken his shot at John Howard, throwing a shoe at the former prime minister live on TV. Watch.</s>TONY JONES, HOST, "Q&A;", AUSTRALIA: You're watching "Q&A;" with the -- that's "Q&A; Special" with the former prime minister, John --</s>PETE GRAY, AUDIENCE MEMBER: I'm sorry, Tony, take it as comment.</s>JONES: Oh, no, no, no!</s>JONES: No, we're not going to do that, please.</s>GRAY: That's for the Iraqi deaths, and this is for the Iraqi women.</s>JONES: Please. Just someone, please remove that gentleman.</s>VERJEE: You saw it flying way over. The pair of Dunlop Volleys were tossed in protest over Australia's role in the Iraq War. Now, it's not the first shoe sacrifice that's been made in anger over the invasion. It, of course, all started with George W. Bush back in December 2008. Remember that, when the Iraqi journalist, Muntadar al-Zaidi famously threw his shoe at the outgoing US president. Since then, footwear has become an iconic protest tool. In Iraq, a bronze statue even pays tribute to the Bush shoe. It was the missile of choice for protesters during Israel's January 2009 bombardment of Gaza. Take a look at this, all these shoes, littering the front of Downing Street in London. And then, here's an Israeli man hitting out at the United States for pushing for a halt on new settlements in the West Bank. How the simple shoe is being used to connect the world in protest, that's our Parting Shot tonight. I'm Zain Verjee, and that is your world connected. "BackStory" is next, right after this check of the headlines. END
Parting Shots of Shoes Tossed in Protest