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Now, I never would have seen this coming from a mile away.
An Italian parliamentary commission concluded beyond all reasonable doubt that the Soviet Union was behind the 1981 attempt to kill Pope John Paul II.
An Italian parliamentary commission concluded "beyond any reasonable doubt" that the Soviet Union was behind the 1981 attempt to kill
Pope John Paul II--a theory long alleged but never proved, according to a draft report made available Thursday.
It seems like the Pope's message of solidarity in his native Poland angered those in the leadership role in the USSR and the KGB.
The commission held that the pope was a danger to the Soviet bloc because of his support for the Solidarity labor movement in his native Poland. Solidarity was the first free trade union in communist eastern Europe.
Previous documents showed the KGB had, in fact, ordered the Pope's assassination.
I thought I had seen these same tactics used somewhere in the past to silence critics of the Bush Administration. They must have gotten a copy of the "Silencing Your Political Enemies for Dummies" book written by former USSR leaders.
Hopefully--and finally--this story can now R.I.P. just like the Pope.
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