Background April 13, 1993: Fourteen men believed to be in the employ of Saddam Hussein smuggled bombs into Kuwait with the intent of planting car bombs to assassinate Bush during his visit to Kuwait University. Two of the suspects Wali ...
Tag Archives: Assassination
Assassination Attempt: President George W. Bush – May 10, 2005
Background On 10 May 2005, Vladimir Arutyunian waited for United States President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to speak. When Bush began speaking, he threw a Soviet-made RGD-5 hand grenade, wrapped in a red plaid ...
J.F.K. Assassination Records Archive – Previously Withheld JFK Assassination Documents Database
Background John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was allegedly fatally ...
FBI Files: Presidential Assassins
Background Since the founding of America, there have been four presidential assassinations: Abraham Lincoln, James Abram Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1897-1901), and John F. Kennedy (1961-63). But in addition to these assassins, there ...
The Withheld JFK Assassination Documents – July Release
Background The National Archives and Records Administration is releasing documents previously withheld in accordance with the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. The vast majority of the Collection (88%) has been open in full and ...
