Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Christopher Kelly, Key Figure in Blagojevich Corruption Probe, Is Dead
September 13th, 2009Oh Sure: Possible Overdose on Over-the-Counter Medicines Via: Chicago Tribune: Christopher Kelly, a key figure in the federal corruption probe into former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, is dead. The Cook County medical examiner’s office today confirmed that Christopher Kelly of Burr Ridge was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at 10:46 a.m. The office said Kelly died […]
Glock’s Secret Path to Profits
September 11th, 2009You can’t even shake a stick at all the weird stuff in this one. Via: Business Week: Allegations of corruption permeate Gaston Glock’s empire. His former business associate, Charles Marie Joseph Ewert, now resides in a prison in Luxembourg, having been convicted in 2003 of contracting to have Glock killed. The murder plot—thwarted when the […]
Australia: Unconfirmed Claims of Police Officer Involvement in Michael McGurk Murder
September 8th, 2009Via: The Australian: THE NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption is to investigate the murder of Michael McGurk, amid unconfirmed claims a police officer could have been involved in the Sydney businessman’s death. NSW police and the corruption-fighting body met yesterday, with the police handing over undisclosed evidence, understood to include a tape recording that allegedly […]
Documentary Filmmaker Shot Dead in El Salvador
September 4th, 2009Via: CNN: A French filmmaker who recently finished a documentary about a violent street gang in El Salvador was found shot dead in the town of Tonacatepeque, about 10 miles northeast of the capital city of San Salvador, authorities said. Christian Poveda, 52, was shot at least four times in the face, according to local […]
Saudi Royal Escapes Assassination Attempt
September 1st, 2009How did the assassin get so close to Mohammed Bin Naif with a bomb? I read several articles about this incident and none of them made any sense. Surely, the security procedures would have revealed the bomb. Right? Yes, friends, behold: The rectum-packed-with-explosives trick. Via: The Media Line: New details reveal the man who tried […]
CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassination Program
August 21st, 2009“Blackwater is a CIA cutout that got so big that it just happened to become a household name.” —Feds Investigating Blackwater USA for Selling Weapons to Iraqi Insurgency I’ve asserted (for years) that Blackwater was a CIA contractor. Now that Blackwater’s involvement with CIA covert assassination programs has been admitted, my guess is that it’s […]
Brazil TV Host Turned Politician ‘Ordered Killings to Boost Ratings’
August 12th, 2009Via: Guardian: A Brazilian politician who fronts a popular television crime show is being investigated for allegedly ordering a series of executions in a bid to boost his ratings. Wallace Souza, a former police officer who used his lunchtime television slot to rail against the violence sweeping the jungle city of Manaus, is suspected of […]
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
August 5th, 2009Via: The Nation: A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company’s owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated […]
New Jersey Political Consultant Facing Bribe Charge Is Found Dead
July 29th, 2009Via: New York Times: A veteran New Jersey political consultant who was among dozens arrested in a huge corruption sweep last week was found dead in his Jersey City apartment on Tuesday, the same day that one of three mayors charged in the case resigned. The circumstances surrounding the death of the consultant, Jack M. […]
Was British Weapons Expert Dr. David Kelly a Target of “Executive Assassination Ring”?
July 21st, 2009This is probably the most absurd “suicide” on the roster of absurd “suicides”. I just posted a tiny snippet from this piece. It’s worth clicking through to read the whole thing. Via: Global Research: Revelations that the Central Intelligence Agency launched a world-wide assassination program, and then concealed its existence from the U.S. Congress and […]
