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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Lots of Americans believe it was mob related.
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One conspiracy theory. The US crime syndicate wanted to kill Bobby Kennedy because of his efforts to eliminate organized crime. (JFK's father Joe Kennedy made his fortune bootlegging during Prohibition in the 1920's and had ties to the Sicilian Mafia. It is rumored that Kennedy had help in the 1960 Federal Election from the Mafia. The 1960 Federal Election was the closest in US history. One conspiracy is that the Mafia fixed the vote in the State of Illinois which was very close. Kennedy won the state and the election) Santo Trafficante, the mafia boss in Tampa, said that if you want to kill the tail you need to chop off the head (If you want to take power away from Bobby. Kill his brother who is really in charge).
http://www.onewal.com/maf-who.html
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Conspiracy theorists believe Trafficante subsequently joined with Cuban exiles and American Mafiosi in a plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Trafficante was no fan of Kennedy's, but he vehemently denied involvement in the assassination. One informant insisted to federal investigators that Trafficante predicted the Kennedy assassination six months before it occurred. The mob boss was known to have a connection to Dallas's Jack Ruby, who shot and killed alleged JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald before a hearing could be held.
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