Egypt VP Target of Assassination Attempt That Killed Two Bodyguards,
FoxNews.com
A failed assassination attempt on Egypt’s vice president in recent days left two of his bodyguards dead, sources tell Fox News.
Such an attempt on the life of Omar Suleiman would mark an alarming turn in the uprising against the government of President Hosni Mubarak, who only recently named Suleiman as vice president in an effort to quell the unrest and possibly line up a successor.
A senior Obama administration official confirmed that the attack happened soon after Suleiman was appointed, on Jan. 29. The official described it as an organized attack on Suleiman’s motorcade.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs declined to address the assassination reports when asked earlier by Fox News.
“I’m not going to … get into that question,” Gibbs said.
[..] Fox News’ senior administration source expressed surprise that news of the assassination attempt was just now breaking, “because he is the transition plan … or at least one of them for the Egyptians.”
That shouldn’t surprise nobody!
Obama wants to kick out Mubarak, who at least has some loyal following, and replace him with Suleiman, whom the Egyptians are already trying to kill. Obama is a pyromaniac, wanting to set the whole Middle East on fire (and the US along with it). The man is a lame duck, and very very dangerous. My biggest fear is that Americans will elect Son of Frankenstein for President to replace him, grasping at straws to find ANYONE to replace the bugger.