Sen. Stennis Shot in DC (1973 AFVN Radio transcript)

American Forces Vietnam Network (archive) ^ | January 73 | SP5 Jerry Elliott

[twigs]

It IS interesting, but may be coincidental. I have no reason to believe that Hightower's death fits in with this group as it was in the early 90's, IIRC. I had also never heard any reason to believe that Bogg's death was anything but an accident--until now. The timing of that one is VERY intersting, yet it may be coincidental. I don't know enough about either one of them to have any intelligent idea. But I would like to now know more about both.

[HenryLeeII]

Did any other of the 6 senators who were subject to Kerry & Co.'s assassination vote end up getting shot or killed?

I just read in another thread ["Witnesses Say Kerry Participated in 1971 'Assassination Summit' (Insight mag retraces FR steps)"] that one of the targeted people was Hale Boggs, House majority leader and Cokie Roberts' father, whose airplane dissapeared in Alaska in October 1972.

[twigs]

I had totally forgotten that Clinton drove Boggs to the airport. It may be concidence, but one has to wonder! Thanks for the reminder.

[#3Fan]

Instead of blaming Kerry the left will simply put the blame on the FBI who knew of the VVAW plot.

Yeah they'll deflect attention for sure. Character means nothing to them.

[piasa]

Saddam was not in power in 1973.

Quite true and good point to remember... but the source is PBS, after all.

Saddam was in control of the intelligence apparatus at that time and had managed to get managerial control over Iraqi oil, and though not the official head of state as PBS implied, he certainly had Iraq by the short hairs. He didn't become 'absolute' ruler until 1979 when al Bakr resigned and Hussein wasted half his own cabinet officials and a bunch of his potential Baathist rivals.

[piasa]

Up until 1979 Hussein was for all practical purposes approaching shadow government status; he was vice Prez when al Bakr resigned. But before that in 1975 Saddam Hussein was making deals directly with the USSR and France.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Thanks for that informative clarification.

[mwyounce]

Tower and Heinz died within a day of each other.... Tower's plane crash was in my hometown (Brunswick, Georgia), so I remember it vividly... it was 13 years ago today, April 5, 1991. Heinz's crash was the day before, April 4, 1991.