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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (30332)	6/12/2004 11:12:08 AM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Alan, the assasination attempt is not confirmed, and some question the reliability of the two...others jump at this as gospel and "know" it to be true, with absolutely no other knowledge regarding the report. The wise people wait to learn more, the biased jump all over it. Politics have once again jumped in front of reality. It is too soon to know the truth, so disregard the post for the time being. We will know more later. Much like the new UN report out regarding WMD, we continue to learn more, and those making assumptions do so only for the campaign. Plotters say Gadafy ordered killing of Saudi crown prince Gary Younge in New York Friday June 11, 2004 The Guardian Libya's leader, Colonel Muammar Gadafy, ordered a covert operation to assassinate the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, according to statements by two alleged participants in the conspiracy, it was reported yesterday. US officials said investigators were assessing the credibility of the alleged plot against Crown Prince Abdullah described by an American Muslim and a Libyan intelligence officer. The allegations, which have been dismissed as nonsense by Mr Gadafy's son, are one reason why the US has yet to remove Libya from its list of nations that support terrorism, despite negotiations that led to the lifting of sanctions this year, officials told the New York Times. If the claims are true Mr Gadafy's bid for international rehabilitation could lie in ruins. In separate statements to American and Saudi officials, Abdurahman Alamoudi, a Muslim in jail in Virginia, and Colonel Mohamed Ismael, a Libyan intelligence officer in prison in Saudi Arabia, revealed details of Mr Gadafy's plans to assassinate the crown prince in a bid to destabilise Saudi Arabia. Mr Alamoudi's statements were offered as part of a plea bargain with US prosecutors. He was indicted last October for violating US sanctions by travelling to Libya and receiving money. Mr Alamoudi told prosecutors that he met the Libyan leader twice last year. At a meeting in June Mr Gadafy supposedly told him: "I want the crown prince killed either through assassination or through a coup." When they met again in August Mr Gadafy asked why had had not seen "heads flying". There is enmity between Mr Gadafy and the crown prince, which flared up just before the Iraq war. After accusing each other prostituting themselves to colonial domination, the crown prince told Mr Gadafy: "Your lies precede you and your grave is in front of you." A government official told the New York Times that if there was compelling evidence of a plot to kill one of America's allies, it could prompt a "180 degree" change of US policy towards Libya

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (30332)	6/12/2004 9:48:00 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

U.S. probes reports Gadhafi targeted top Saudi Libyan officer among those saying Abdullah was to be killed The Associated Press Updated: 6:15 p.m. ET June 10, 2004 WASHINGTON - A jailed U.S. Muslim leader and a Libyan intelligence agent have told U.S. and Saudi authorities that they were involved in a Libyan plot to assassinate the ruler of Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said Thursday. advertisement U.S. authorities viewed the allegations as credible, but investigators are still trying to determine whether the plot was real and, if so, how far it advanced, as well as whether Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was involved, according to two U.S. government officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the case. more...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5183657/