http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/assassination/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:58:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410816/posts BAGHDAD, Dec. 18, 2009 – Iraqi security forces arrested two suspected members of an al-Qaida in Iraq cell responsible for making bombs and attacking government officials during a combined security operation today in western Baghdad. Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched a building for a suspected terrorist who allegedly is part of a cell that manufactures magnetic bombs and attaches them to vehicles to kill government officials and those who oppose al-Qaida in Iraq. The security team found a fully assembled bomb, several bomb components and a weapon equipped with a suppressor. Following a preliminary examination of the evidence at... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410816/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398845/posts “They’re sitting around talking about how they want to take their country back,” said local filmmaker Chris Townsend, who finally finished his controversial movie. “Yes We Can” is about four rural Virginians and their plot to assassinate Barrack Obama at a campaign visit in Lynchburg. Townsend says he based the characters off people he’s met in his life. “There’s people out there that aren’t tolerant of other races or ethnicities and it’s interesting to me to see that type of ignorance,” said Townsend. He says his edgy production almost got shut down by the secret service. The director didn’t give... American Resistance Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398845/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:19:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396487/posts Note: Video included. # November 29, 2009 "4 officers shot dead in Wash. coffee shop 'ambush'" CNN.com SNIPPET: "LAKEWOOD, Wash. — SNIPPET: "A $10,000 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest, he said. Police are looking for one man and possibly a second person in the attack, which occurred about 8 a.m., Troyer said. The suspect is described as an African-American man, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing a black coat and blue jeans, with a "scruffy" appearance, he said. The man is believed to have fled the coffee shop on foot,... (CNN.com) via POLICE ONE.com (plus updates here on FR/Various sources) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396487/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:07:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391942/posts It was 46 years ago today, November 22, 1963, that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Here are a series of videos that bring back the events of the day, beginning with the coverage by Walter Cronkite and a local Dallas TV Station. The final two videos are from the extremely graphic Zapruder film showing the assassination itself . . . (VIDEOS) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391942/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390378/posts A new Biblical Obama slogan making the rounds on conservative T-shirts and bumper stickers is being interpreted as calling for the president's death. The slogan “Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8” seems innocent enough, but the actual verse reads: “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” The psalm goes on to say: "May his children be orphans, and his wife a widow." Read the entire psalm here. MS DNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390378/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:36:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386530/posts RABBI FIRST U.S. VICTIM OF JIHAD KAHANE CEREMONY OFFENSIVE TO OBAMA thelastcrusade.orgAny commemoration in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) of the anniversary of Rabbi Meir Kahane's assassination would be harmful to the peace process, the American Embassy told The Jerusalem Post.The American comments came after the Jerusalem Post obtained e-mails in which an embassy official told Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin's office that any plans for such a ceremony was "something that Senator [George] Mitchell and his team are following with concern."The e-mails also implied that such a ceremony would be frowned upon by President Barack Obama who is attempting to... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386530/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:18:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375191/posts Top Russian mobster Ivankov dies October 10, 2009 One of Russia's most notorious mafia kingpins, Vyacheslav Ivankov, known by his nickname of Yaponchik, or Little Japanese, has died in Moscow after suffering serious injuries in an assassination attempt in July. "Investigators have received official confirmation from a Moscow clinic of the death of Vyacheslav Ivankov," the Investigative Committee of the General Prosecutor's Office said in a statement on Friday. Ivankov was shot in the stomach as he left a glitzy Thai restaurant in Moscow on July 28. The shot was fired by a sniper who hid 70 metres away in... WA today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375191/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:57:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367921/posts NEWARK, N.J. — A private security guard at Newark airport in New Jersey has been arrested on charges of threatening President Barack Obama. Obama is scheduled to land at Newark Liberty International Airport around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. He is campaigning for Gov. Jon Corzine. Port Authority spokesman John Kelly says 55-year-old John Breck allowed police to search his Linden home. He says officers found 43 firearms. An official with knowledge of the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity says someone reported overhearing Breck making threatening comments at an airport coffee cart Wednesday morning. The official was not authorized to... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367921/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365307/posts TEHRAN, Iran – A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the powerful Revolutionary Guard and at least 37 others Sunday near the Pakistani border in the heartland of a potentially escalating Sunni insurgency. The attack — which also left dozens wounded — was the most high-profile strike against security forces in an outlaw region of armed tribal groups, drug smugglers and Sunni rebels known as Jundallah, or Soldiers of God. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promised sharp retaliation. But a sweeping offensive by authorities is unlikely. Iranian officials have been reluctant to open full-scale military operations in the southeastern border zone,... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365307/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:02:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365086/posts Several top commanders in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have been killed in a suicide bombing in the volatile south-east of the country. Iranian interior ministry said 29 people died in the attack, in the Pishin region of Sistan-Baluchistan, and at least 28 were injured. Shia and Sunni tribal leaders were also killed. A Sunni resistance group, Jandullah, said they carried it out. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365086/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:51:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360332/posts I'm watching a collection of old news footage from the JFK assassination on the History Channel right now, and was wondering if any Freepers have any theories about what really happened. I figure with the great wealth of knowledge here on Free Republic, there's got to be some pretty good theories waiting to be shared. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360332/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360252/posts Is there anything left to be said—or seen—when it comes to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? Just you wait. JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America, a two-part, four-hour special airing on History [Sunday, October 11, 9/8c and Monday, October 12, 9/8c] takes viewers back to November 22, 1963 and tells the story via a timeline using only archival news footage, much of which will be new even to assassination buffs. There is no narration (sorry, Peter Coyote). There are no talking heads. The project’s exec producers Nicole Rittenmeyer and Seth Skundrick used a similar technique in last year’s... TV Guide http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360252/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:14:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360251/posts On Sunday night, the History channel be gins a remarkable three-hour, two-part program on the assassination of JFK, perhaps the best on that subject you will ever see. And even if you think you've seen it all and can't bear to see it again, well, then think again. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360251/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:11:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351220/posts Obama Assassination Poll Rocks Facebook September 28th, 2009 by Adam Ostrow Politics and social media can sometimes be an explosive combination. But now, a poll posted to Facebook through a third-party application has gone so far as to draw the attention of the US Secret Service. The poll, which has since been pulled, asked the question: “Should Obama be killed?” and offered users four multiple choice answers. According to Talking Points Memo, who obtained a screenshot of the poll, more than 750 users voted in the poll before it was pulled by Facebook. Facebook, meanwhile, offered the following statement to... Mashable The Social Media Guide http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351220/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:53:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344227/posts Imagine writing hundreds of words about the death of Abraham Lincoln, without mentioning the name of his assassin. Or writing about 9/11 but putting the word "hijackers" in scare quotes... (Oh wait: if you endorse that kind of writing, you might actually earn yourself a short lived White House czarship. So scratch that...) Last night I stumbled upon a post at Media Matters -- or, as I like to call it, the George Soros Steno Pool. Media Matters is a leftwing "media watchdog" that monitors conservative talk radio and FOX News, then refutes their daily "lies." David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344227/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:14:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340864/posts Blackwater involved in Bhutto and Hariri hits: former Pakistani army chief Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN - Pakistan’s former chief of army staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg (ret.), has said the U.S. private security company Blackwater was directly involved in the assassinations of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Blackwater later changed its name and is now known as Xe. General Beg recently told the Saudi Arabian daily Al Watan that former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf had given Blackwater the green light to carry out terrorist operations in the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi,... Teheran Times(i.e. RoP BS) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340864/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:23:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331379/posts The day his brother was shot in Dallas, Ted Kennedy had to tell his father the news, and wondered who was behind it. Case Closed: Oswald and the Assassination of JFK author Gerald Posner reports.It was 12:45 in Washington D.C. on November 22, 1963. Teddy Kennedy, who had been a senator for less than a year, was presiding over the Senate, a thankless clerical job assigned to junior members. The chambers were almost deserted, but a few senators were debating a mind-numbing bill about federal library services. It was nearly time to break for lunch when the Senate’s press liaison... The Daily Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331379/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:50:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318013/posts In recent days, the media has remarked extensively on the concern that President Obama’s life might be threatened by various hate groups and ostracized conservatives. It is true that assassinations have a strong historical precedent, and that a good cause attracts everyone, unfortunately even some whackos. (John Brown, for instance, comes to mind for Abolitionism.) Unfortunately, the situation isn’t as simple as the media wants to make it. As his health care program grinds to a halt in the face of a minority opposition in congress and he is less and less able to deliver on all of the massive... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318013/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:25:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314768/posts John William Yettaw thought he was on a mission from God to save Aung San Suu Kyi. But the American ended up inadvertently extending her house arrest. It started with his now infamous swim in May. Overweight, asthmatic and suffering from borderline diabetes, he arrived at the back door of the Nobel Peace laureate's home and lay down exhausted, with cramps in both legs. Suu Kyi's two companions heard him moaning but let him in only after dawn. Then Suu Kyi herself told him to get out, allowing him to stay two nights when he complained of ill health instead... The Toronto Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314768/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:57:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2298023/posts Things are getting ugly for Obama and Co. The majority of Americans disagree with Obama on almost every major policy issue, and his personal approval rating is finally starting to reflect that. It's like I heard Ann Coulter say tonight, apparently the American people forget (after several elections) just how bad Democrat leadership is until they have it again. Here's your daily dose of reality: http://diggsandburies.blogspot.com/ Conservative Diggs & Buries http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2298023/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:30:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297432/posts Natalia Estemirova, a top human rights activist, is the latest critic of the Russian government to have met an untimely demise. She was kidnapped and then killed in Ingushetia on July 15, the latest casualty in a long list of murders making Russia the third deadliest country for journalists. As the Telegraph puts it, “there used to be three key people when it came to uncovering human rights abuses in Chechnya — the journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the lawyer Stanislav Markelov, and the human rights researcher Natalia Estemirova. In the space of less than three years, they’ve all now been murdered.”... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297432/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:08:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293310/posts Four men abducted Estemirova, the leading Russian human rights worker in the troubled Caucasus region, as she left her home in Grozny at about 8.30 a.m. Wednesday, July 15. Members of her organization, Memorial, started a public outcry. In the midst of it, her body was found with two gun shots to the head, execution style. Her lifeless body was dumped in Ingushetia, a neighboring republic. Could this be the tipping point? In previous such murders — and there have been many — the finger-pointing has been somewhat wobbly. The regime of Ramzan Kadyrov, the 32-year-old leader who runs Chechnya... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293310/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:50:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292404/posts Farouk al-Kaddoumi, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization leader, claims that Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas was directly involved in the murder of former PA chairman and terrorist leader Yasser Arafat. IsraelNationalNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292404/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291075/posts SNIPPET: "Hanna, a Christian, was driving with his daughter in Kirkuk when gunmen pulled him from the car and shot him dead, police there told the German Press Agency dpa. His daughter witnessed her father's murder, which took place in the predominantly Christian neighbourhood of Dumiz, police added...." (MIDDLE EAST NEWS) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291075/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:21:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2283268/posts We never know how God will use us in His divine providence to accomplish His will, but we do know His providence in how things unfold. God used my mother to save the life of Pope John Paul II through a series of events that led up to the day he was shot. My Mother, Claire LeBlanc, (photo top right), led pilgrimages to Rome for over 20 years. In advance of her trips, Cardinal Medeiros of Boston would write to the Vatican to arrange for a group pass to the Papal audience that would be waiting for her upon... Catholic Series http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2283268/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:43:09 GMT