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Statement on Suleiman assassination attempt retracted (Egypt VP)
Jerusalem Post ^ | 2/5/2011 | Staff

Posted on 02/05/2011 9:48:53 AM PST by mojito

The German diplomat who first said an assassination attempt was made on Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman has retracted his statement, CNN reported Saturday afternoon.

Wofgang Ischinger, host of the Munich Security Conference taking place Saturday in Germany told CNN he "was led to believe that we had a confirmed report but in fact we didn't."

The diplomat added that the information came from an "unsubstantiated source."

Earlier Saturday, reports circulated through the media that an assassination attempt was made on the Egyptian vice president in recent days. The report originated from a German diplomat.

According to the now-questioned report, two of Suleiman's bodyguards were killed in the attack.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; mubarak; suleiman
Curious.
1 posted on 02/05/2011 9:48:54 AM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

I wouldn’t volunteer to start the car (or be nearby) for any of these folks.


2 posted on 02/05/2011 9:50:34 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: mojito

If the assassination attempt didn’t actually happen, is it still Sarah Palin’s fault?


3 posted on 02/05/2011 9:57:58 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: mojito

Ouch for FoxNews, which made this a 2-day headline while CNN didn’t report it at all. Curious.


4 posted on 02/05/2011 10:27:33 AM PST by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: montag813

Cnn was reporting it today.


5 posted on 02/05/2011 10:31:28 AM PST by halo66
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To: montag813

FOX is still reporting it.


6 posted on 02/05/2011 11:04:59 AM PST by publana (Beware the olive branch extended by a Dem for it disguises a clenched fist.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

“I wouldn’t volunteer to start the car (or be nearby) for any of these folks.”

As a kid, I was friends with a kid in the neighbor and his father was a labor Union president. Near and around elections the father would hire a body guard. They would leave his car with the drivers window down at night. First thing in the morning the body guard would reach in and start the car -just in case...


7 posted on 02/05/2011 11:56:03 AM PST by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: mojito

If it didn’t happen, I wonder why Gibbs looked like a deer caught in the headlights, before he decided to take a pass on the question at a press conference??


8 posted on 02/05/2011 12:10:07 PM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips Sink Ships)
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