Live grenade thrown at George Bush in Georgia

Post by **Apoptosis** » Thu May 19, 2005 7:41 am

Did anyone hear this news that our President was seconds away from being possibly blown up by a gernade? The grenade was a knock-off of a Soviet-designed RGD-5, which has a lethal range of about 100 feet. Sad... generic grenades... Guess it's a good thing it was a knock-off and not a brand name grenade!

On May 10th while visiting Georgia's capital Tbilisi a live hand grenade landed within 100 feet of United States President George W. Bush. The grenade was wrapped in a dark plaid cloth handkerchief. It was "tossed in the general direction of the main stage" about 1:30 p.m., right after Bush began speaking, and landed less than 100 feet from the podium, Paarmann said. The grenade reportedly bounced off a child's cap and then was removed by a Georgian security officer. The White House initially stated that the president was in no real danger, however the event has lead to a review of security measures at presidential events.

An FBI official at the US embassy in Georgia confirms that an explosive device was thrown, but due to a malfunction it failed to detonate. "This hand grenade appears to be a live device that simply failed to function due to a light strike on the blasting cap induced by a slow deployment of the spoon activation device," the FBI stated.

News about this is just coming out now that it is over and the president is back in the USA.

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Thu May 19, 2005 7:44 am

Good thing it was a "gernade" and not a "grenade"....I guess it was a cheap knock off.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Thu May 19, 2005 2:45 pm

i dont think there's anyone in these forums who dislikes bush and his entire uber "christian" administration. however, i think that's ridiculous and i hate the fact that there was an attempt on his life. i may joke about it from time to time, but i would be absolutely devistated and deeply saddenned if he was killed.... whether it be because of a nade or a random car wreck.

i'm a firm believer in God and i think this goes to show that God is blessing the united states and is making sure we dont suffer another pointless act of idiocy at the hands of hate.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu May 19, 2005 4:50 pm

/me keeps his op to him self