Saudis Report Plot To Assassinate Obama

[earthlite]

Source: cbsnews.com

The Saudi Arabian newspaper al-Watan reported today that Turkish security services have arrested a man of Syrian origins Friday in connection with a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama during his current visit to Turkey.

The man, who was carrying an Al-Jazeera TV ID card in the name of M.G., confessed after his arrest that he was planning on stabbing the U.S. president with a knife during the Alliance of Civilizations summit held in Istanbul, adding that he had three other accomplices to help him execute his plan.

According to the paper, Turkish investigators were trying to verify whether the Qatari-based Arab TV channel has truly issued the ID card produced by the man, or if it’s a forged copy.

The suspect, a permanent resident of Istanbul, has been regularly attending all conferences and events relating to the Middle East held in the city.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/06/world/worldwatch/entry4922608.shtml

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Chilling.

[aquart]

1. I don't even want to imagine the complications of that.

We've always killed our presidents in house, as it were. As to what he thought it would accomplish? I can't even think of a single benefit to anyone. Rush and Cheney, maybe.

[sufrommich]

3. There doesn't have to be a "sensible" benefit at all.

All religious nuts are "rapture ready".

[Xenotime]

2. This can never ever happen.

[Baclava]

4. That was the plan? "Stabbing with a knife"

So who do we bomb first, Syria or Turkey?

[Hugabear]

5. Idiot. We bomb Norway first.

They'll won't even suspect a thing.

[dflprincess]

6. And then we'll invade Sweden

That'll keep 'em guessing.

[provis99]

8. Let's add Denmark, too

Then we can have a new, all-scandinavian "Axis of Evil".

[rosesaylavee]

20. Do we hate them for their Health Care?

Let's take 'em over.

[happyslug]

22. Sweden has no oil, why would we attack them???

On the other hand Norway has oil....just like Iraq.

[dflprincess]

24. Yes, but those Swedes are Socialists

they need to be liberated and shown the joys of unregulated capitalism. And they're right by Norway - we may need to establish bases in Sweden from which we can attack Norway.

[Diclotican]

12. Hugabear

Hugabear

If they bomb Norway, then I guess the friendship between Norway and US are out the toilet pretty soon... But it is true, we would not suspect that... But then war is seldom something that is known in advance..

On the other side, if US want to occupy Norway I guess they have not learn it in Iraq.. And Norway is far better suited to guerrilla warfare than Iraq is.. Many places to hide here and the language is in itself a barrier.. Most Norwegian can english vell, but I believe few american can english very vell. And compared to Iraq, Norway do have a military force, even that it is just a shadow of the past..... And in our own way, we would not like to be occupied by forreigners...

Both is for Sweden and Denmark too.. They might not be that easy to stop, when we together is fighting back.. I guess that if both Sweden Denmark and Norway was invaded, it would be THE catalyst for more friendship, and military ties between the scandinavian country than ever.... And US can't occupy us forever.. As they can't occupy Iraq forever..

Diclotican

[Regret My New Name]

29. lol

[L. Coyote]

9. What ever happened to the polite throwing of shoes?

That idea was more successful, and the sentence is shorter!!

[doodadem]

7. And what was the plan?

How was he going to get past Secret Service and all the other security? I would think there would be metal detectors at these events?

[ohio2007]

11. Plan?

stab him a few times.... then make good his escape


:crazy:

[digidigido]

10. To quote one of my hero's

Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
Africa is far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
...........

They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now

[intheflow]

19. My second favorite Newman song.

After Great Nations of Europe. :)

[2Design]

13. saudis - you mean the guys who blew up the trade center - are they

ever a reliable source - I know they are bush buddies and we funnel millions of dollars and weapons to them and train them so they can turn around and kill our people - same saudis - I just get ticked that their country and bin ladens relatives were all flown out safely while the usa tortured innocent people

[truth2power]

14. "carrying an Al-Jazeera TV ID card ..."

Who knew? Yep, those Al-Jazeera people are all turrists, dontcha know. No wonder the Chimp had their station bombed. :sarcasm:

Too, too transparent as far as I'm concerned.

[antimatter98]

21. Go over to Linkstation.com to watch Al Jazeera English to see what they are saying about this. n/t

[ohio2007]

23. Protests greet Obama on Turkey trip ( al Jazeera link )

Barack trying to get Turkish boots on the Afghan high desert plains ?

Hundreds of people have gathered in major cities across Turkey to voice their opposition against a visit from Barack Obama.

Protesters chanted, "Go home Obama" and carried banners reading "No soldiers for Afghanistan" as Turkey awaited the US president's arrival.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/04/200945123751772847.html

Got a link from al Jazeera coveinrg this al Jazeera journalist ID story ?

I didn't see it.

[Gman]

15. Obama is from Chicago

The guy would have ended up with the knife shoved up his butt!

[Barack_America]

16. Statements like "We are not at war with Islam", must really hurt Al Qaeda.

I fear that this will not be the only attempt.

I'd like to learn more about this man's "accomplices".

[Haole Girl]

17. Scary

:scared:

[MidwestTransplant]

18. I tend to think it would be pretty hard to stab Pres. Obama. Hopefully anyway.

The SS knows what they are doing.

[dysfunctional press]

25. he had reportedly recently purchased a pair of size 18 tap shoes over the internet...

n/t

[bobburgster]

26. This one may be stupid, but

I always carry that uneasiness in the back of my mind. I truly worry for his safety.

[ohio2007]

27. Libya's "Gaddafi" says fears Obama assassination

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Tuesday called Barack Obama a "flicker of hope in the middle of the imperialist darkness," but said he feared the president could be assassinated.

Gaddafi, known for his controversial statements, did not say who might want to kill Obama but gave the examples of the assassinations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, as well as black rights leader Martin Luther King.

"I fear that they could liquidate this young man or force him to submit to their imperialist policies," Gaddafi told a university gathering of his supporters in Sirte, without specifying who might put Obama under pressure.


snip

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5365VK20090407?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true





Gaddafi is no stranger to the assisination rings or plots

Assassination and aftermath
On 6 October 1981, the month after the crackdown, Sadat was assassinated during the annual victory parade in Cairo. A fatwā approving the assassination had been obtained from Omar Abdel-Rahman, a cleric later convicted in the U.S. for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Sadat was protected by four layers of security and the army parade should have been safe due to ammunition-seizure rules. However, the officers in charge of that procedure were on hajj to Mecca.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_El_Sadat

[and-justice-for-all]

28. Great, they want to kill the only US President who may alliviate the regions strife..

that's smarts...NOT.

Funny, I don't recall anyone making these claims about the fucker who started this mess!