Looks like this is as close as she got:
But he didn't get knocked over from what I saw in the video.
That’s a different incident from the past.
“Benedettini said it was not immediately known if the same woman was behind Thursday’s incident.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091224/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_christmas_5
If it is the same woman, the Italian newspapers will have a field day on the security.
Looks like this is as close as she got:
Looks to me like the guards intercepted the attacker before the Pope was harmed. From the video, I couldn’t even see the attacker - just the guards reacting.
Someone in a red dress, no evidence of being a Muslim.........
But you're right, he wasn't even touched by her........
My apology for the previous post. After watching in full screen, it does indeed look like a burka wearing woman........or it might just be a black scarf that many older Italian and Polish women still wear.......I don't know.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34588834#34588834
Clearly knocked down in this video. Start watching at 1:02.