Friday, April 22, 2011

Did The CIA Try To Frame Bulgaria For The Shooting Of Pope John Paul II?

Shot: The Pope falls back after being hit four times - twice in the stomach. A new book claims the Bulgarians had nothing to do with the incident

CIA Tried To Frame Bulgaria For Shooting Of Pope John Paul II To Discredit Communism, New Book Claims -- The Daily Mail

The CIA tried to frame Bulgaria for the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in 1981 to discredit Communism, a new book has claimed.

The U.S. intelligence agency orchestrated the story that the eastern European country's regime was behind the shooting, two journalists suggest.

Their new book says the attempted killing was in fact masterminded by an extreme-right wing Turkish group called the Grey Wolves purely because of their anti-western ideology.

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Update: CIA 'tried to frame Bulgaria for John Paul II assassination attempt' -- The Telegraph

My Comment: Bottom line .... we will never be 100% sure on who was responsible for what.

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