[Mike F]

Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@May 10 2005, 06:59 PM
I would say there was a mock assassination attempt. You'll never convince me that someone threw a grenade intending to blow up the President and it just happened to be a dud. Sorry.

Update on the story

"A grenade hurled in a crowd during last week's speech by President Bush in the Georgian capital was live and considered a threat against the president, though it failed to explode because of a malfunction, the FBI said Wednesday"

"...the grenade, wrapped in a dark handkerchief, fell about 100 feet from the podium where Bush was speaking and 'simply failed to function.'"

"'We consider this act to be a threat against the health and welfare of the president of the United States as well as the welfare of the multitudes of Georgian people who turned up for this event,' Paarmann said."