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I'm sure his feelings will be hurt.


Well, the people of Canada are a lot more polite that those in Columbia
that wanted to assassinate the SOB.

The Marxists?


Here, if we dislike a person, we just ignore them.

So you empathize with Marxist rebels?



Wasn't that just more Fox News bullship?

"Evidence of assassination plan against Bush in Columbia not found."
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews...9_20041127.htm

You know - like WMD.

Evidence of assassination plan against Bush in Columbia not found

Saturday, November 27, 2004

BY ANDREW SELSKY
ASSOCIATED PRESS


Colombia reveals Bush assassination plot. 28/11/2004. ABC News Online

[This is the print version of story
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems.../s1253133.htm]


Last Update: Sunday, November 28, 2004. 8:35am (AEDT)
Colombia reveals Bush assassination plot
A top Colombian official says US President George W Bush was targeted for
assassination by Colombia's biggest Marxist rebel group this week when he
visited the Caribbean port city of Cartagena.

Colombian Defence Secretary, Jorge Alberto Uribe, says informants and
various sources had indicated "that various members of the FARC had been
instructed by their leaders to make an attempt against President Bush".

He would not reveal details of the threat.

The US Secret Service, which protects the President, says it "does not
comment or release information regarding our protective intelligence and
protective methods".

"We do not discuss any alleged threats to our protectees," said Secret
Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry.

White House spokesman Jim Morrell also declined to comment on the plot.

"We have full confidence in the fine work of the Secret Service and their
work with the security officials on the ground when the President travels,"
he said.

The 17,000-strong Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), fighting a
40 year guerrilla war against the state, has long accused the United States
of backing business interests in the Andean country while ignoring the 60
per cent of the population that lives in poverty.

There was heavy security in Cartagena when Mr Bush visited the city on
Monday on his way home from the APEC forum in Chile.

Military helicopters packed with armed soldiers flew over President Bush's
motorcade while naval vessels kept watch offshore.

Many shops were shuttered.

The FARC has made many attempts against the life of President Alvaro Uribe,
one of few conservative South American presidents with strong ties to
Washington.

Mr Uribe, whose father was killed resisting kidnap by the FARC in the 1980s,
narrowly survived a car bomb attack by the FARC during his 2002 presidential
campaign.

The last US president to visit Colombia was Bill Clinton, whose trip to
Cartagena was marked by the seizure of bomb-making materials from a house
six blocks from a building he was visiting.

Mr Bush used his four-hour trip to solidify his alliance with Mr Uribe, whom
he considers an ally in the effort to curtail the illegal drug trade and
fight terrorism.

Colombia produces about 90 per cent of the cocaine consumed in the United
States and 50 per cent of the heroin.

- Reuters