http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/assassination/ en-us Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:08:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100654/posts A disturbing trend may be on the rise at Republican rallies. It is one thing to state that your opponent may have character issues or may not be the best choice to serve as President of the United States. It is something else entirely to stoke a fire that may incite violence against a sitting United States Senator who is the other party's nominee for President. Today, in a rally in Clearwater, FL., at a speech given by Governor Palin a man reportedly said "Kill Him" in reference to Barack Obama. We have a little less than a month to... The (DC) Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100654/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:08:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2100233/posts Congratulations to Jonathan Alter, he wins the Lighten Up Francis award for the week: Jonathan Alter: “Unleashing the furies of the dark side of American politics, perhaps risking some peoples lives if things get out of control. All of that is out the window in the service of winning an election.”Tried to embed the video, perhaps someone can do it, video at the link. www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2100233/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:00:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074210/posts Pakistan's prime minister escapes assassination attempt: official Wed Sep 3, 7:00 AM ET Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escaped an apparent assassination attempt on Wednesday when his car was struck by two bullets fired by unknown assailants, officials said. Security officials later said the prime minister was not in the car at the time of the attack, contradicting Gilani's spokesman. "There was firing near the motorcade of the prime minister. Two bullets hit the window glass of the bullet-proof car in which the prime minister was travelling," Gilani's spokesman Zahid Bashir told AFP. "By the grace of Allah the... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074210/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068264/posts Three men arrested in Aurora, Colo., on methamphetamine and firearms charges may have been plotting to assassinate Barack Obama, FBI authorities told FOX News late Monday, although local officials are still pondering the intent of the suspects. Aurora Police Detective Marcus Dudley identified Tharin Gartrell, 28, as one suspect pulled over for a routine traffic stop Sunday and found to be wanted on numerous warrants. Two rifles, including a sniper rifle, and methamphetamines were found in the car. [snip] Federal sources said this incident may have had more to do with methamphetamine than with any plot to assassinate Obama, but... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068264/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068204/posts Denver's U.S. attorney is expected to speak on Tuesday afternoon about the arrests of four people suspected in a possible plot to shoot Barack Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech in Denver. All are being held on either drug or weapons charges. One of those suspects spoke exclusively to CBS4 investigative reporter Brian Maass from inside the Denver City Jail late Monday night and said his friends had discussed killing Obama. "So your friends were saying threatening things about Obama?" Maass asked. "Yeah," Nathan Johnson replied. "It sounded like they didn't want him to be president?" "Yeah," Johnson said.... CBS4 Denver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068204/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:37:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068122/posts Obama assassination plot fears as armed men arrested Michelle: Barack just like you | Kennedy's support | Comment | Watch Mrs Obama behind the scenes in Denver | Across the Pond US police are investigating whether they have foiled an assassination plot against Barack Obama after four people were arrested near the Democratic convention in Denver in the possession of high powered rifles. One of the suspects told police they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle ... sighted at 750 yards," Denver television station CDS4 is reporting. Police have told the television... Times of London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068122/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:24:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068036/posts DENVER (CBS4) ― CBS4 has now learned at least four people are under arrest in connection with a possible plot to kill Barack Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech in Denver. All are being held on either drug or weapons charges. CBS4 Investigator Brian Maass reported one of the suspects told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle Â… sighted at 750 yards." Law enforcement sources tell Maass that one of the suspects "was directly asked if they had come to Denver to kill Obama. He responded in the affirmative."... CBS4Denver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068036/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:05:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2066813/posts "In Her Own Words" by Dodi Smith The following is a never before told interview featuring a first hand account of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The interview was conducted by Daniel Zanoza, Executive Director, RFFM.org. EDITOR'S NOTE: Dodi Smith is a grandmother who resides somewhere in Texas. For obvious reasons, which will be revealed in her answers, we have taken every attempt to respect her wishes for privacy. Mrs. Smith may consider answering some of the comments that may be posted after her story on RFFM.org. Q. In 1963, John F. Kennedy planned... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2066813/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:41:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059332/posts WASHINGTON — Former President Ford secretly advised the FBI that two of his fellow members on the Warren Commission doubted the FBI's conclusion that John F. Kennedy was shot from the sixth floor of the Texas Book Depository in Dallas, according to newly released records from Ford's FBI files. Ford, still a congressman at the time, also told a senior FBI official about internal panel disputes over hiring staff, Chief Justice Earl Warren's timetable for completing the final report on the assassination and what panel members said about the FBI. In turn, Assistant FBI Director Cartha "Deke" DeLoach confidentially advised... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059332/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:11:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058128/posts Hillary and her campaign continue to try to hold Obama and his campaign to a higher set of standards than they're willing to adhere to. Apparently Hillary and her people can mock and deride Obama all they want to. And what about Hillary's Machiavelian [sic] response to "60-Minutes" Steve Croft's question to her about whether or not she believed Obama was a Muslim? She knows very well he is a Christian. So she could have clearly and finally put an end to the untrue rumor with an unequivocol "No, there's no truth to that rumor". But she purposely chose... FIRSTREAD at msnbc.msn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058128/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:00:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058008/posts The General who knew too little or too much? By George Eid August 07, 2008 General Mohammed Suleiman, an officer of the Syrian Arab Army was found dead in Tartus. He was assassinated in Syria only six months after the assassination of Imad Moghniya. Pro-Syrians called it an accident while some others considered it an assassination. What is sure is that he was shot? Shot to shut up or shot to be shot? That is a question that has been mingling in the headlines of the major newspapers for the last couple of days. “Mohammed Suleiman, an officer of the... iloubnan.info http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058008/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:02:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057130/posts Syrian general's killing severs Hezbollah links James Hider, Middle East Correspondent The mysterious killing last week of a top Syrian general and key aide to Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has sparked intense speculation about internal feuding within the regime’s intelligence apparatus. Syria is at a critical juncture as it pursues indirect peace talks with Israel and a closer relationship with the West, while attempting to maintain its long-standing regional alliances with Iran and the militant Shia Hezbollah of Lebanon. General Mohammed Suleiman, one of Mr Assad’s closest confidantes, was shot dead on Friday at his chalet in the prestigious... Times of London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057130/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:33:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055650/posts (IsraelNN.com) Syrian President Bashar Assad's top aide and adviser, General Mohammed Suleiman, was assassinated on Friday, according to Arab news sources. Suleiman, who was also Syria's liaison officer to the Hizbullah terrorist organization in Lebanon, was shot and killed by an unidentified sniper in the Syrian port city of Tartous. Syrian authorities tried unsuccessfully to prevent publication of the news. The country's Albawaba newspaper, which reported the incident, speculated that Israel might have been behind the killing. Both Albawaba and the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper raised the issue of last February's assassination of Hizbullah second-in-command Imad Mughniyeh, who died in a... ArutzSheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055650/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 07:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050805/posts The bodyguard of Benazir Bhutto, who was to be a key witness in an investigation into her assassination, has been shot dead. Khalid Shahenshah, who was the former Pakistan prime minister's security chief at the time of her assassination, was killed in a drive-by shooting as he left his house in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, police said. Mr Shahenshah, 45, was riding in Mrs Bhutto's bullet-proof car when she was killed in a suicide attack in the northern city of Rawalpindi on December 27. He was expected to be called to give evidence at a United... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050805/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:07:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047823/posts Bayonetted and shot by drunken assassins, the slaughter of the Russian royal family shook the world. Now a new book reveals in compelling detail the horrifying final days of the Romanovs. As the light faded, a train halted in the siding near the remote railway station of Lyubinskaya on the Trans-Siberian railway line. Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047823/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:29:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026276/posts hillary has announced that she will concede on Friday to Barack Hussein Obama. Why wait until friday? Once she has announced, hasn't she effectively conceded? Well, Friday is 6/6, the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy. Given her previous comments, and the clinton's track record to date, do you think she's expecting some sort of salvation? Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026276/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 03:49:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026268/posts When Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic Convention on August 28, it will be the 45th anniversary of the day Martin Luther King told America that he 'had a dream' of a more equal country. King, of course, paid for his dream with an assassin's bullet. The question now lurking behind every discussion of Obama's campaign is: Will America elect a black man as its President? It is an uncomfortable question for a country with a particularly troubled history of race relations. Has America changed enough since King made that epoch-changing speech? Or will the electorate, or more terrifyingly, another... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026268/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 03:29:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026198/posts Lenny Ben David on RFK - supporter of Israel murdered by Arab terrorist This Kennedy was our friend LENNY BEN-DAVID , THE JERUSALEM POST Jun. 4, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1212041479954&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hillary Clinton's horrible gaffe several weeks ago about Robert Kennedy's assassination served as a reminder that RFK was gunned down exactly 40 years ago as he left a primary victory celebration in California. Bobby generated great hope and enthusiasm among America's young, especially those who were opposed to the Vietnam war - not unlike the campaign of a young Illinois Senator today. RFK was a strong supporter of Israel, and that... THE JERUSALEM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026198/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:01:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024449/posts “We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California,” Hillary Clinton told the editorial board of The Sioux Falls Argus Leader last week in explaining her reason for staying in the presidential race. This comment evoked predictable outrage from the Obama-happy media. “The politics of this nation is steeped enough in blood, Senator Clinton,” wailed MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann in higher dudgeon than usual. “You cannot and must not invoke that imagery! Anywhere! At any time!” Unfortunately for an earlier black rival of the Clintons with presidential aspirations of his own, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, the then Clinton-happy media... cashill.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024449/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 17:46:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2022120/posts http://www.evilsmilies.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2022120/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 22:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021398/posts Nearly 12,000 readers weighed in on an online poll that asked: Do you think Hillary's reference to the RFK assassination was appropriate? The results: YES = 16% NO = 84% The Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021398/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 12:50:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021360/posts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton tried again yesterday to explain her reference last week to Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, while her campaign aides accused Sen. Barack Obama's advisers of taking the comment out of context and exploiting it. In an interview in South Dakota on Friday, Clinton was discussing why she is still seeking her party's presidential nomination when she referred to the assassination of Kennedy -- then, like her, a senator from New York -- on June 5, 1968, as he celebrated his victory in the California primary. She used the June date to illustrate how long the Democratic race... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021360/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 11:01:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021339/posts Excerpt - A 60-year-old gangster was sentenced to death Monday for fatally shooting Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito during his election campaign in April last year. Tetsuya Shiroo shot Ito, 61, twice with a pistol on the evening of April 17 near the mayor's election campaign office in front of JR Nagasaki station, according to prosecutors' closing argument at the Nagasaki District Court. Ito died six and a half hours later in hospital. The crime ''was extremely outrageous and heinous,'' Presiding Judge Yoshimichi Matsuo said. ''It infringed people's right to vote and destabilized democracy from its roots.'' ~ snip ~ Kyodo News (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021339/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 07:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021337/posts NEW YORK Even as Hillary Clinton worked to defuse her Friday comment about the 2008 campaign and the Robert Kennedy assassination, a Fox New contributor went much further, joking about someone actually targeting Barack Obama. Appearing on Fox News today, Liz Trotta, a former editor with the Washington Times and reporter the Chicago Tribune and Newsday, was asked by the host, Eric Shawn, about the Clinton controversy and the 2008 race. This led Trotta to refer to the Clinton misstep, in which she mentioned the RFK killing to show (the candidate later claimed) that previous campaigns, like the current one,... Editor and Publisher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021337/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 07:14:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020800/posts Everyone’s abuzz over Hillary Clinton saying she is staying in the race just in case Barack Obama gets assassinated. Or, something like that: “My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it,” she said, dismissing calls to drop out. A very angry John Aravosis has the blow-by-blow of the story breaking and the various reactions and counter-reactions as they played out on television. Marc Ambinder notes that the part about Bill... Outside the Beltway http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020800/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 19:23:51 GMT