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U.S. Envoy to Seoul Lippert Injured in Attack by Armed Assailant
Yonhap ^ | (Thursday), March 5, 2015

Posted on 03/04/2015 3:18:41 PM PST by kristinn

U.S. envoy to Seoul Mark Lippert was seriously injured Thursday morning after being attacked by an armed assailant, official sources said.

The envoy was on his way to attend a morning lecture in central Seoul when the attack took place.

Lippert, bleeding heavily, was rushed to a nearby hospital, the sources said, adding that the suspect was immediately arrested although his or her identity is still not known.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201503m; china; communist; dprk; korea; lippert; marklippert; obama; odinga; republicofkorea; seoul; southkorea; usambassador; usambassadorattacked; usambassadorkorea; wot
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1 posted on 03/04/2015 3:18:41 PM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

bttt


2 posted on 03/04/2015 3:19:30 PM PST by ConservativeMan55 (In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
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Prayers for Ambassador Lippert.


3 posted on 03/04/2015 3:20:08 PM PST by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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To: kristinn

Obama has all of the Ambassadors under fire.....


4 posted on 03/04/2015 3:20:38 PM PST by ConservativeMan55 (In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
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To: kristinn

Is it the Norks?


5 posted on 03/04/2015 3:21:56 PM PST by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: kristinn
Being an Ambassador is dangerous business when Obama is President.


6 posted on 03/04/2015 3:22:54 PM PST by ConservativeMan55 (In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
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To: kristinn

Appears to be defensive wounds to the hand/wrist, possible knife attack, maybe a Ginsu knock-off.


7 posted on 03/04/2015 3:23:03 PM PST by keat
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8 posted on 03/04/2015 3:24:05 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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CNN reporting assailant is a 60 year old man who used a razor blade to attack the ambassador.


9 posted on 03/04/2015 3:28:07 PM PST by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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To: kristinn

Thank goodness the world understands us now.


10 posted on 03/04/2015 3:30:03 PM PST by skeeter
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The White House is “monitoring the situation.”

That makes me feel a whole lot better.


11 posted on 03/04/2015 3:35:05 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: skeeter

Outside of being outrageous, it is a terrible image being projected around the world and may inspire copycats. A weak America. That is generally the image these days abroad out here.


12 posted on 03/04/2015 3:35:50 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Stop the Amnesty runaway train, or we will literally lose our Republic folks.)
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It is exactly the image the maoist piece of excrement in the White House wishes to project.

The progressives will kill us all.

13 posted on 03/04/2015 3:38:16 PM PST by skeeter
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To: kristinn

Thanks for the post and info.

0bama’s foreign policy is and has been a disaster with both allies and adversaries.

Prayers for a swift and full recovery for our ambassador.


14 posted on 03/04/2015 3:38:44 PM PST by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: kristinn

Is this Ambassador one of Obama’s bundlers?


15 posted on 03/04/2015 3:40:05 PM PST by austinaero
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Teeny bit from Wiki, for what it’s worth.

Lippert was also commissioned into the Navy Reserve in 2005 through the Navy’s direct commission officer program as an intelligence officer. From August 2007 until June 2008, he served about a year[3] in what had been scheduled as a nine-month tour of duty in Iraq as an intelligence officer with the Navy SEALs. He received a Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq.[4]

After he returned from Iraq, Lippert served as a senior foreign policy advisor to then-Senator Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.[4] He was responsible for briefing Obama on emerging foreign policy issues throughout the campaign.[5] He helped prepare Obama on foreign policy for the presidential debates.[6] Lippert later served as deputy director for foreign policy for the Obama–Biden Transition Project.[4]

Throughout his time in the Senate and during the presidential campaign, Lippert was noted for having a close relationship with then Senator Obama.[3] He is credited for helping Obama develop his views on defense and foreign policy, particularly his support for a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, which was completed under President Obama in December 2011 as well as Obama’s emphasis on transnational security issues, such as genocide and weapons of mass destruction.[2]


16 posted on 03/04/2015 3:43:58 PM PST by austinaero
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Was he unemployed?


17 posted on 03/04/2015 3:44:48 PM PST by John 3_19-21 (I will not even try to live in harmony with those who wish me dead.)
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YouTube video of attacker being detained and Ambassador Lippert walking after attack.
18 posted on 03/04/2015 3:46:28 PM PST by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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Another victory for Obama Admin / State Dept. security.


19 posted on 03/04/2015 3:50:44 PM PST by twister881
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Well, the attacker certainly didn’t look Korean.


20 posted on 03/04/2015 3:59:32 PM PST by livius
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