Friday, March 22, 2013

US Secret Service fired gun near Iranian leader in 2006: Book


Washington, March 22 : A US Secret Service agent accidentally fired a shotgun near Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's motorcade during his 2006 visit to Manhattan for the UN General Assembly, jolting White House officials who learned of the incident in an intelligence briefing, according to a new book.
Ahmadinejad's motorcade was preparing to leave the InterContinental Hotel in Manhattan when, "in an apparent accident", the agent "discharged his shotgun", an unidentified former White House official is cited as saying in "Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry

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