Posted on 02/22/2011 5:04:08 AM PST by nuconvert
Glendora, California (CNN) -- It's the kind of Southern California town made for daydreaming: Quiet streets and sunny skies, a place where tranquility seems rarely to be disturbed.
But according to police, as well as classified U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks, the Los Angeles suburb of Glendora was the scene of an international assassination plot. The scheme involved would-be killers hiding out in a low-budget motel and an elaborate plan that, at first, involved shooting the victim, but later centered on running him over with a van, police documents disclose.
"I've been a police officer here for more than 20 years, and I've never investigated anything like this," said Glendora police Lt. Tim Staab.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
related article from last year...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704866204575224170226999284.html?mod=fox_australian
Plotters were being paid by Iranian Intelligence to assassinate an Iranian dissident in Los Angeles suburb, who does radio in the US.
Rather than have the excerpt be the teaser, it makes more sense to have the excerpt be the “meat” paragraph.”
Sometimes, but this was more a story & I decided to post it from the beginning.
Bottom line, we give them one of their incompetent assassins back, and we get one of our spies back.
Thanks Papa Bear for doing us the favor!
It really is annoying how many people are interested in making “link-to mousetraps.”
Just tell us what it’s about. It’s not a damn movie spoiler.
What favor? What did you learn about the headline and the man being allowed to return to Iran?
If you aren’t going to read the article, you haven’t learned much more. And if you are going to read the article, then one sentence doesn’t mean anything.
I learned it was an Iranian-vs-Iranian action carried out on US soil, important but not of prime interest to me.
The “tease” could’ve been Iranian-vs-American Spy or Iranian-vs-Ex-President or Iranian-vs-russian supermodel double-agent on US soil, all of which would’ve been worth reading about.
Again, thanks to Papabear for clarifying.
Whatever. Post as you please.
I will
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