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JFK Assassination in New Light

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Protecting Obama

A security expert has warned Barack Obama may never be able to get close to his fans again - for fear of assassination. Former... more

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Feds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating... more

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Barack Obama Assassination Plot Thwarted By FBI

This undated photo obtained from a MySpace webpage shows Daniel Cowart, 20 of Bells, Tenn. holding a weapon. Federal agents have... more

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Law enforcement officers have foiled a plot by two neo-Nazis who aimed to assassinate Barack Obama and kill 102 other black people, according to court records unsealed today.

The disrupted plot involved robbing a gun store to obtain weapons that the two skinheads would use against Obama and black students in the state of Tennessee, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), a US law enforcement agency.

ATF agents confiscated five guns from the two perpetrators, 20-year-old Daniel Cowart of Bells, Tennessee, and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman of West Helena, Arkansas. Both are being held without bail by authorities.

"They said that would be their last, final act, that they would attempt to kill Senator Obama," Jim Cavanaugh, the special agent in charge of the ATF's Nashville office, told the Associated Press.

"They didn't believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying."

Although the perpetrators were doubtful of their ability to carry out their grisly plans, the plot risks stoking the simmering cauldron of racial uncertainty that Obama has faced in rural areas of the US.

Even as polls show his support among white voters reaching a record high for a Democratic candidate, workers for the Obama campaign have confronted the legacy of prejudice in the south and Appalachian areas.

Obama campaign offices in several states have been defaced with racist graffiti, and door-to-door canvassers have shared reports of voters making prejudiced remarks about the candidate.

Three men were detained two months ago during the Democratic convention in Denver after discussing a plot to kill Obama, but prosecutors did not deem that incident a credible threat.

The two neo-Nazis chose 102 as the number of victims for their plot based on numerology that is significant to white supremacists. They are facing charges of unregistered firearm possession, conspiracy to steal firearms from a licensed gun dealer, and making threats to a candidate for president.Law enforcement officers have foiled a plot by two neo-Nazis who aimed to assassinate Barack Obama and kill 102 other black... more

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Obama assassination plot disrupted

Law enforcement agents have broken up a plot by two neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack... more

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Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted

WASHINGTON (AP) - The ATF says it has broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or... more

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Atlanta rap artist shows his support for Barack Obama...featuring an assassination attempt?

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Top Croatian journalist killed in car bomb

Ivo Pukanic, the owner and editor-in-chief of Croatian political weekly Nacional, has been killed in a car bombing. The marketing... more

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Palin Quotes Fascist writer Westbrook Pegler

This is a classic example of a person who does not think before they speak. Gov. Palin clearly does not take account of the... more

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Owner of Russian opposition website killed

An opposition internet news site owner in Russia's troubled Ingushetia region was fatally shot yesterday soon after being... more

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Assassination Plot On Barack Obama?

A group of individuals who made vague threats about assassinating presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama posed... more

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Obama assassination plot foiled in Colorado

A routine traffic stop for a suspected drunken driver lead Aurora, Colorado police officers to apprehend a group that were... more

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Officials: Man wasn't a 'credible threat' to Obama

DENVER - Authorities are investigating whether a man arrested with rifles, ammunition and drugs in his truck made statements... more

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Plan to murder Barack Obama - 4 arrested

Four men who were reportedly planning to murder US Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama were arrested in Denver on... more

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Possible plot on Obama?

Denver authorities said last night that a number of arrests had been made of individuals in connection with firearms offences in the city which is hosting the Democratic National Convention.

However they refused to immediately confirm local media reports that linked the arrests to a possible attempt on the life of the Barack Obama who is due to make his key address to the conference on Thursday.

Local TV station KCNC-TV reported that four people had been picked up by police following a traffic stop in the Denver suburb of Aurora. That arrest, which took place on Sunday morning, saw a 28-year-old man taken into custody after he was spotted driving erratically in a rented pickup truck.

The TV station, quoting police sources, said that two high-powered rifles with scopes, walkie talkies, camouflage clothing, driving licences and the drug methamphetamine were found in the truck. Police then traced him back to a local hotel, The Cherry Tree, which led to further arrests, including a man injured while jumping out of a window in order to evade arrest. The wounded man was believed to have ties to white supremacist organisations and was wearing a ring with a swastika, the station said. KCNC-TV said that the men had told police that they intended to kill Obama.

The Denver Post newspaper said that only two men had been arrested, but reported that a news conference was being scheduled for tomorrow afternoon to discuss the case. It reported that authorities were more sceptical of any organised plot to kill Obama.

US officials also told the Associated Press that it was too premature to say if there was any direct threat to Obama. 'It's premature to say that it was a valid threat or that these folks have the ability to carry it out,' an unnamed US government official told the Associated Press. 'It could also turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth heads,' the official added.

Obama, who is seeking to become America's first black president, has been the subject of intense security, unusual even for a presidential candidate. Though specifics have been rare, the Secret Service has been monitoring the activities of white supremacist groups especially on the internet.Denver authorities said last night that a number of arrests had been made of individuals in connection with firearms offences in... more