Obama Assassination Plot Failed

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Obama 'assassination' plot being investigated
ARJUN RAMACHANDRAN
26/08/2008 2:00:00 PM

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/lo ... 54419.aspx

US police have arrested four people - one allegedly a white supremacist - in connection with a possible plot to kill Barack Obama on Thursday night during his acceptance speech in Denver.

One of the suspects reportedly told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle sighted at 750 yards", according to Denver TV station CBS4.

The four - believed to be three men and one woman - were now being held on drugs or weapons charges, CBS4 said.

According to the TV station, one of the suspects "was directly asked if they had come to Denver to kill Obama ... [and] he responded in the affirmative."

The plot began to unravel on Sunday morning after police arrested a 28-year-old man for driving his truck erratically.

Police found two high-powered, scoped rifles in the car along with camouflage clothing, walkie-talkies, a bulletproof vest, a spotting scope, licences in the names of other people and methamphetamine, CBS4 said.

One of the rifles was stolen from Kansas.

Police then traced a friend of the arrested man to the Cherry Creek Hotel, Denver, CBS4 said.

The man, wanted on numerous warrants, jumped out of a sixth floor hotel window onto a awning when police arrived, FOXNews.com reported.

He broke his ankle in the fall and was caught by police. The man was found wearing a ring with a swastika, and was thought to have ties to white supremacist organisations, CBS4 said.

FOXNews also quoted federal police sources saying verbal threats had been made against Mr Obama, but they believed the case was more likely about drugs than an assassination plot.

"It could also turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth heads,'' a US government official told FOXNews.com.

Police later arrested a third man, and a woman.

The US Secret Service, FBI, and joint terrorism task force were investigating the alleged plot, CBS4 said. The US Attorney has also scheduled a press conference for Tuesday afternoon, US time.

Mr Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination in Denver on Thursday.

Youtube clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuN4qh6meR4

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right after posting this, I saw it was a copy on another thread, so delete it if you wish. Sorry for the duplicate.