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2005-05-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Attempted Grenade Attack on President Bush While Speaking in Georgia?

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Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-10 18:55|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 OK, have a link now:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156149,00.html.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-10 19:20|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-10 19:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah, thanks for the update, Fred.

The more details I see, the more I wonder if they might have been trying to kill people in the crowd... IF this was a real event.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-10 19:22|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-10 19:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Either or both. We tend to forget what a target Bush is, not just for the Islamists, but also for all the leftwing (and probably rightwing) nut jobs out there.

Posted by Fred">Fred 2005-05-10 19:24|| 2005-05-10 19:24|| Front Page Top

#4 If it was in fact a grenade, the throwing style makes me think Kashmir training.

Posted by Fred">Fred 2005-05-10 19:27|| 2005-05-10 19:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Hekz boyz: "Throw Like A Little Girl" Handgrenade Academy?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-10 19:29|| 2005-05-10 19:29|| Front Page Top

#6 As per the Report from TV.. Within 100 feet. Dud?

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-05-10 19:37|| 2005-05-10 19:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Thankfully for the spectators, it was a dud...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-10 19:38|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-10 19:38|| Front Page Top

#8 One final note before I go to eat and go home... Fred, I put this on Page 2 because I wasn't sure at the time how "real" it was. Now, I'm still not. The authorities in Georgia apparently didn't even mention the incident until Bush was already in transit BACK to the U.S.

It would be a neat feature if we could assign a "credibility rating" to an article... with the poster of the article (and the editor) getting two "votes," and everyone else getting one...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-10 20:00|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-10 20:00|| Front Page Top

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