On 13 May 1981 Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded by a hired would-be killer in St Peter's Square. Photo by BBC
Posted on 05/25/2005 5:58:44 AM PDT by NYer
There is evidence that the 1981 attempted murder of Pope John Paul II was planned by Russia's military intelligence GRU, reports say.
Dimitar Ganchev from the Bulgarian section of the Vaticana broadcast claims this is the conclusion of Paolo Guzzanti, the head of a special Italian parliamentary committee of inquiry, who has been investigating the attack for years.
The Senator has found out that a number of enemy acts against Western Europe, including the attempted murder of Pope John Paul II, has been organized not by the Bulgarian secrete services or the Soviet KGB but Kremlin's military intelligence GRU, Ganchev told New Europe Radio.
GRU organized the attack but recruited someone lese to carry it out, Oleg Gordievski, former GRU officer, currently living in London, told New Europe radio.
He specified that his assumptions are not backed by evidence.
Italian media has claimed that Bulgarian classified documents contain evidence that the attack was planned by the Soviet KGB with participation of the secret service of the former East Germany - the Stasi - and its Bulgarian counterpart.
GRU military intelligence however stood higher in the hierarchy of the Soviet Union state.
Clancy already wrote the book.
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Didn't this story break right before his death?
I wonder if Comrade Putin might have any memories on this topic since he was KGB.
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"And the powers of Hell will not prevail.."
He had unfinished business. Destroying the "Evil Empire"
This story was broken in 1983 by Claire Sterling in her book "The Time of the Assassin". She detailed the whole Bulgarian-Stasi-GRU/KGB connection. With the exception of the Wall Street Journal, her work was largely ignored or spiked by the MSM. Recent documents found in the GRU files confirm her work, yet still the MSM (and our government) remain largely silent on this incident of extraordinary evil.
Seeing pictures of Pope JPII in pain like that makes my heart ache. Twinges of sadness.
Italian media has claimed that Bulgarian classified documents contain evidence that the attack was planned by the Soviet KGB with participation of the secret service of the former East Germany - the Stasi - and its Bulgarian counterpart.
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But who killed his predecessor JP1? Allegedly poisoned by either the Mafia or the US according to conspiracy theorists. The KGB involvement is well known for JP2 but JP1 still remains a mystery. His body was embalmed before an autopsy could be carried out. He was only in the job for a few weeks and was said to be pro-Communist.
Indeed. "Red Rabbit" was the rare Clancy book that I found boring and did not finish.
That's what I was referring to - the documents released right before his death confirming everything
Yah, well, gee--the MSM suppressing truth about the "Good Ol' Uncle Joe's" Soviet Union?
Mein Herz!! Gott in Himmel!! What is this world coming to?
GRU false flag recruiting perhaps?
RE: GRU organized the attack but recruited someone lese to carry it out
Doh! sorry, I missed that. Indeed, GRU false flag op ...
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