Obama assassination plot foiled

Monday, October 27

Two men who had plans to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and "as many non-Caucasians" as possible, have been arrested in Tennessee. Two neo-Nazi skinheads, named as Daniel Cowart (see adjacent photo with gun), 20, of Bells, Tennessee, and Paul Schlesselman 18, of West Helena, Arkansas, planned to target an unnamed high school with predominantly African American students, court records have showed.

Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14.

"They said that would be their last, final act - that they would attempt to kill Senator Obama," Mr Cavanaugh said."They didn't believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying."They are charged with possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally-licensed gun dealer, and threatening a candidate for president.

The investigation is continuing and more charges are possible, Mr Cavanaugh added.A spokeswoman travelling with the senator in Pennsylvania had no immediate comment.Meanwhile, the Democratic candidate has accused rival John McCain of scaremongering in the last major speech of his White House campaign.

Speaking in Canton, in the battleground state of Ohio, the 47-year-old Illinois senator said his rival did not represent change for America, adding: "That's why he's spending these last weeks calling me every name in the book.

"Because that's how you play the game in Washington. If you can't beat your opponent's ideas you distort those ideas and maybe make some up.

"If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run away from."

He went on: "In one week, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election; that tries to pit region against region, city against town, Republican against Democrat; that asks us to fear at a time when we need hope.

"In one week, at this defining moment in history, you can give this country the change it needs."
The latest average of national polls by RealClearPolitics.com puts Mr Obama more than seven points ahead of Mr McCain with just eight days to go until the presidential election.

Source :Yahoonews