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That was a close one
« on: November 27, 2004, 05:41:37 PM »
Bush targeted for assassination in Colombia.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/27/bush-plot/index.html

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Colombian official: Rebels planned to kill Bush

Saturday, November 27, 2004 Posted: 5:00 PM EST (2200 GMT)

(CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush was targeted for assassination by Marxist rebels this week when he visited the city of Cartagena, a Colombian official said Saturday.

"We found out through informers and various sources that groups within the [Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia] had been instructed from its leadership to make an assassination attempt on President Bush," Colombian Defense Secretary Jorge Alberto Uribe told Caracol TV, a Bogota-based satellite network.

Uribe said no evidence of the alleged plot by the group -- Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or FARC -- has been recovered.

The U.S. Secret Service declined to comment on the alleged plot.

"The Secret Service does not comment or release information regarding our protective intelligence and protective methods," said spokesman Jonathan Cherry. "Secret Service does not discuss any alleged threats to our protectees."

Security was heavy during Bush\'s visit, and no incidents occurred.

"We have full confidence in the fine work of the Secret Service and their work with security officials on the ground," in Colombia and elsewhere, White House spokesman Jim Morrell said.

FARC has frequently been accused of targeting visiting international leaders for assassination.

"The administration of George W. Bush is everything that Marxist rebels hate in a U.S. government," journalist Toby Muse in Bogota, Colombia, told CNN.

"The plots against the president\'s life don\'t seem to have advanced very far," Muse said.

The president stopped briefly in Colombia on November 22 on his way back to Washington after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Santiago, Chile. (Full story)

Established in 1964 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party, FARC is Colombia\'s oldest, largest, most capable and best-equipped Marxist rebel group, according to the U.S. Department of State. The group, which has about 13,500 members, conducts bombings, murders, kidnappings and hijackings, the State Department said.

The State Department has classified FARC as a terrorist group.

Colombia has seen decades of civil warfare, involving government troops, leftist rebels and right-wing paramilitary groups.

CNN\'s Suzanne Malveaux contributed to this report.
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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2004, 11:53:42 PM »
That was a close one!


Do you think if Bush was killed he would recieve the same love as Kennedy?

Kennedy rocked!
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2004, 01:06:48 AM »
That\'s an interesting question, though with the times we\'re in now I know more people that would cheer over it.  Disturbing isn\'t it...
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2004, 05:10:12 AM »
Sickening, knowing someone would cheer over someone elses death (except Bin Ladens :) ). What\'s worse, is it is in our own leadership.
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2004, 06:55:28 AM »
People wouldn\'t cheer of it.  That\'s almost the most retarded thing you\'ve ever said.  And there\'s a lot of competition.
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2004, 06:57:45 AM »
He\'s the most hated man in the world people would cheer.
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« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2004, 07:19:40 AM »
Kennedy Rocked??? Please.  He is highly overrated due to his being assassinated.

The world doesn\'t like the fact that Bush won\'t "globalize" and sell the US out for the sake of world opinion.
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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2004, 08:35:06 AM »
yeah i read about this one.


Apparently they had a plan to kill him by shooting him with a high powered sniper rifle.

A marksman was trained to perform consistent  direct hit on a dummy target. this would let him achieve a clean head shot in the most difficult conditions, but it was later abandoned when they discovered that even a direct head shot would still result in him living.

For some reason they said something about "even with a perfect head shot the bullet would still miss his brain by 3 feet"
« Last Edit: November 29, 2004, 08:38:08 AM by ooseven »
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2004, 09:37:47 AM »
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For some reason they said something about "even with a perfect head shot the bullet would still miss his brain by 3 feet"


Ha! :D
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2004, 12:03:36 PM »
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People wouldn\'t cheer of it.  That\'s almost the most retarded thing you\'ve ever said.  And there\'s a lot of competition.


Honestly vid, you\'re an idiot.  And the best part about it is, I said I KNOW people that would.  I wasn\'t stating the general population but just out of people I know.  Vid, you\'re looking stupid with these pathetic attacks.
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2004, 12:14:05 PM »
I can name at least 3 in this thread alone that would. :(
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2004, 06:34:07 PM »
A scarier propositon - Dick Cheney being the President of the United States for Four LONG years if Bush were to be assassinated. *shudder*

Long Live Bush :-P

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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2004, 12:14:01 AM »
LOL-Good point.

I wouldn\'t cheer. He is a human being.

Kennedy pushed equality and civil rights. He also oversaw and tactifully dealed with a "WMD" crisis.

His brother was also known for his good deeds toward minorities.

That is why he rocked.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/john_kennedy_and_civil_rights.htm

John Kennedy came from a rich and privileged Irish-American family. Even so, the family had to leave Boston, the city they are most famously associated with, and moved to New York. In Boston, the family had been held at arms length by those rich families who saw their Irish background as vulgar and the family’s wealth as lacking ‘class’. The Kennedy’s hoped that the more cosmopolitan New York would allow them to access high society. This introduction to bigotry and discrimination should have given Kennedy some kind of empathetic understanding of what life was like for African Americans. However, the opposite would appear to be true.

John F Kennedy is not automatically associated with civil rights issues as Kennedy\'s presidency is more famed for the Cuban Missile Crisis and issues surrounding the Cold War. Also, no obvious civil rights legislation was signed by Kennedy. However, Kennedy did have a major input into civil rights history - though posthumously.
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2004, 10:46:11 AM »
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A scarier propositon - Dick Cheney being the President of the United States for Four LONG years if Bush were to be assassinated. *shudder*

Long Live Bush :-P

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:laughing: :laughing: Well since you put it that way.
 long live bush!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2004, 03:05:41 AM »
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I can name at least 3 in this thread alone that would. :(


No if Bush was killed that means...that means... THAT CROOK DICK Cheney becomes prez.

he will have your countrys econemy up Shit creek before you can say Enron

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