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FBI: Grenade at Bush Rally Was Live
Washington Times ^ | May 18, 8:40 AM EDT | AP

Posted on 05/18/2005 5:58:09 AM PDT by M. Thatcher

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- The FBI said Wednesday that a grenade thrown in the crowd during last week's speech by President Bush in the Georgian capital was capable of exploding and was considered a threat against the president. The statement by agent Bryan Paarmann contradicted initial reports by Georgian officials that the grenade was not capable of exploding and had been found on the ground. The grenade, wrapped in a dark handkerchief, fell about 100 feet from the podium where Bush was speaking May 10 and "simply failed to function," he said. "We consider this act to be a threat against the health and welfare of the president of the United States as well as the welfare of the multitudes of Georgian people who turned up for this event," Paarmann said. Bush spoke to tens of thousands of people in Freedom Square, a main plaza in Tbilisi. He offered strong support for Georgia's democratic development following the 2003 Rose Revolution. The crowd response was overwhelmingly favorable. Advertisement No arrests have been made in the case, and police have appealed to the public for videotapes that may contain information on the perpetrator.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assassinationplot; blessed; bush43; divineprotection; fbi; georgia; godswillbedone; miracle; russiavisit; usss
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To: Raycpa; Lazamataz
It would be an error to think the grenade was the sole plan of attack.

I tend to agree with Ray.this could well have been a diverison..

41 posted on 05/18/2005 7:35:17 AM PDT by Dog
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To: All
Every now and then grenades do malfunction. I've had them explode in mid air and some just flopped on the ground. With mass production you can always expect a couple of lemons. This can be verified if you enter an artillery impact area and count the duds.
42 posted on 05/18/2005 7:36:27 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (BEWARE YOUR FREEPER IDs AND POSTINGS CAN BE FOUND ON GOOGLE SEARCH. HILLARY IS WATCHING YOU!)
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To: M. Thatcher

It's unbelievable that this isn't front page news on every newspaper in America.

If this happened to a prominent liberal, they'd be blaming it on "hate speech".

President Bush has been the target of more hate speech than any human being alive.


43 posted on 05/18/2005 7:44:52 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Newsweek Lied! People Died!)
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To: M. Thatcher
People forget this is an assassination attempt. Has anyone been arrested for this?
44 posted on 05/18/2005 7:46:40 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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To: Lazamataz

Well .. "luck" has nothing to do with it.

Our President is protected by those of us who know how to pray over him for protection.


45 posted on 05/18/2005 7:48:58 AM PDT by CyberAnt (President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
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To: demlosers

"Thank God for Duds..."

I don't typically thank God for Democrats... ;-)


46 posted on 05/18/2005 7:50:04 AM PDT by KansasConservative1
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To: M. Thatcher
" thrown BY Bush"?? Hmmmmmmmm

in all seriousness, Thank you God for protecting our President.

47 posted on 05/18/2005 7:53:48 AM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: Gritty

We're also forgetting here the grenade reportedly hit someone in the crowd. It most likely was intended to reach the president but just didn't make it. He certainly could have been killed that day.


48 posted on 05/18/2005 8:00:58 AM PDT by Williams
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To: prairiebreeze; DrDeb; GretchenM; Faith; kayak; Blogger; Paul_B; anniegetyourgun; Miss Marple; ...
Thank You, Father for Your protection of our President!

Prayers MUST continue. His life is in danger 24/7 because of his strong stand against evil.

49 posted on 05/18/2005 8:02:26 AM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
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To: M. Thatcher
And this just in:

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau 05/18/2005

WASHINGTON - Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who recently visited Iraq as part of a congressional delegation, says that upon returning to the United States he learned that his son had just escaped serious injury in Iraq.

While in Iraq, Akin, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, met briefly with his son, 2nd Lt. Perry Akin, 24, a combat engineer serving in Iraq with the Marines. It was the first visit by a congressional delegation since the new government was announced last month.

A few days later, after arriving back home early last week, Akin got a call from his son's wife.

"He had gone out to build a guard outpost with his combat engineers and the insurgents had targeted that area and started dropping mortar rounds on him and his colleagues," Akin said. "Some of them were wounded. Then one fell 10 feet from Perry. If it had gone off it would have killed him, but it was a dud. So that was a little bit of a catch-your-breath for me and his wife and his mother."

50 posted on 05/18/2005 8:02:47 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: M. Thatcher

"Live" grenades have their pins pulled....
this one bounced off some poor schmucks head (ouch)
then failed to detonate?

Means it was a dud....or was not a live grenade...

Regardless with all those frag absorbing bodies around
who was really in danger?

Some risky places aren't worth a US presidential visit

imo


51 posted on 05/18/2005 8:21:09 AM PDT by joesnuffy (The generation that survived the depression and won WW2 proved poverty does not cause crime)
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To: topher
The gun just kept jamming on the kid. The police examined the gun later and said there was nothing wrong with it -- no explanation (on earth) for why the gun jammed. Thanks for posting that. It sends chills down my spine when I hear things like that and about this grenade that didn't go off.
52 posted on 05/18/2005 8:30:03 AM PDT by rdl6989 (If it drives the left into fits, its a good thing.)
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To: wallcrawlr

My thoughts exactly....he had his protection from above.


53 posted on 05/18/2005 8:37:32 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: Lazamataz

Don't think luck had much to do with it. Thank the Lord he is safe.


54 posted on 05/18/2005 8:50:54 AM PDT by Blogger
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To: Blogger; CyberAnt
Don't think luck had much to do with it. Thank the Lord he is safe.

Okay. It's lucky the Lord kept him safe.

55 posted on 05/18/2005 8:52:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Not Elected Pope Since 4/19/2005.)
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To: alnick

In a freak case a wound could be life threatening. But it's going to be pretty rare to almost non-existant that a grenade exploding 100 feet away is going to cause a person any real damage.


56 posted on 05/18/2005 9:02:36 AM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (3-7-77 (No that's not a Date))
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To: joesnuffy
what ever it was wrapped in when it was thrown stopped the spoon from comming free and priming it... they prolly just pulled the pin and threw it rag and all!!!
57 posted on 05/18/2005 9:03:42 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: M. Thatcher

If it had gone off it would have been a huge story even if Bush was completely unharmed.


58 posted on 05/18/2005 9:15:55 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: M. Thatcher

That is just too close for comfort.


God was watching over the President and the crowd.


Guess he is a republican.


59 posted on 05/18/2005 9:27:08 AM PDT by ArmyBratproud (REMEMBER - If you send it, they'll spend it!)
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To: Lazamataz

"... it's lucky the Lord kept him safe"


Well .. in my Bible it says, "The Lord watches over HIS Word to PERFORM IT." [my accents]

Which means .. when I say, "No weapon formed against you [President Bush] can prosper". I'm not just talking to see if my mouth will move .. I'm giving the Lord HIS words to perform.

And .. since there are so many of us here at FR who pray for the President everyday - our prayers have much effect, "dynamic in their working".


60 posted on 05/18/2005 9:34:20 AM PDT by CyberAnt (President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
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