Posted on 05/18/2005 8:45:06 AM PDT by Bald Eagle777
A grenade hurled in a 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 FBI said Wednesday.
In Washington, the White House spokesman said Secret Service agents in Georgia were examining whether security changes were needed....
The FBI statement contradicted initial reports by Georgian officials that the Soviet-era grenade was found on the ground, was inactive and posed no danger to Bush.
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"The Secret Service is looking into all those issues,"...
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Here are some more links related to this serious issue:
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/world/11675641.htm (May 18 Kansas.com - FBI: Grenade at Bush rally was live)
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0505/229173.html (May 18 - FBI: Grenade at Bush Rally Was Live)
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=9895 (Civil.ge May 16, 2005 > bounty)
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=19434 May 12, 2005 (Zaman Online)
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=9862 (May 12, 2005 Rice downplays the incident good call)
http://www.newswatch50.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=F51B6437-CF45-4B0C-B463-9A1EE37E8F55 (Newswatch 50, WWTI)
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/11/bush-georgia050511.html (CBC)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/12/content_2947002.htm (Xinhuanet), sic)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8458499 (Reuters)
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/May/theworld_May243.xml§ion=theworld
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/11/ubush.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/05/11/ixportaltop.html
Bet the MSM won't report the fact the FBI now says the gernade was not a "dud" but a live one that did not go off, thank God!Well, LA Times is MSM, but they won't report on it widely.
"Ya think?"
It's getting scarier and scarier.
Already posted in breaking news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405498/posts?page=1,20
Did a search, didn't come up somehow.
God was surely with him that day! W's work is NOT yet finished here on earth...THANK YOU JESUS!
He was very fortunate. A lot of people are praying for him.
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