[AnAmericanMother]

But when did he say them? Was that contemporaneous, or is he just getting on the bandwagon now? (I don't know the answer to that question.)

There have been crazy Islamicists since the word go - Conan Doyle wrote about them in the 1880s, and of course there was that little brushfire war with the Mahdi . . .

[Eagles6]

He said it right after he did it. I'll see if I can find some links for you.

[Eagles6]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/549342/posts

http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/archived/papal.htm

Agca was a member of the Grey Wolves, decribed for years as a neo-fascist group, their ties to islam never mentioned. Today we know them as islamofascists.

http://www.chicagoboyz.net/archives/002296.html

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/pope/articles/poassassination.htm

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/pope/articles/poassassination.htm