Putin Told of Plot to Kill Him in Iran

[Akoto]

Source: Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has been told about a plot to assassinate him during a visit to Iran this week, a Kremlin spokeswoman said Sunday.

The spokeswoman, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, refused further comment.

Interfax news agency, citing a source in Russia's special services, said suicide terrorists had been trained to carry out the assassination.

A spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, denied any such plot had been uncovered, characterizing the news as disinformation spread by Iran's adversaries.

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[ohio2007]

1. Sounds like a good enough reason for a Putin purge at home to me.

Maybe the mullahs can wees out a few spy's under the same pretext

[Rick Myers]

2. Calling Blackwater!!!

:grr:

[dbonds]

3. Trying to keep putin out of Iran, not a good sign.

[keopeli]

4. So that's what Condi went there to tell him last week

Can you even fathom this exchange?

Condi - Well, Puty-Put, looks like Iran wants you dead. How mad does that make you at your so-called "friends" in Iran?

Vlad - Oh, Dr. Rice, are you serious? Wow! You Americans always have the BEST intelligence! I'm going to get my people on this right away. Nothing will stop me from going to visit my friends.

Condi - But, but, if you still go, they'll kill you! Didn't you hear me? Stay away from Iran, I'm telling you. They are evil!

Vlad - Now, doctor, let's not over-react. Do you know how many people want to kill me? Of course you do. You know everything, right?

Condi - I know more than you think. And that's why you must stop giving us a hard time about our experimental missile protection system in Eastern Europe. We're protecting you too, you know!

Vlad - Have you been to Iran? Do you know what kind of missiles they have?

Condi - BIG ones! Mushroom cloud type bombs! Are you afraid?!

Vlad - We Russians like mushrooms. But, I'll throw you a bone and let your news leak into the press. Will that make you happy?

Condi - Um...yeah. I guess that will work. As long as everyone really believes Iran is going to kill you. That's good enough for us.

Vlad - You Americans. As long as it's on the 6 o'clock news, you think it's real.

[bhikkhu]

5. "disinformation spread by Iran's adversaries"?

now who do you suppose they might be talking about...

[ohio2007]

6. the ministry of truth

in Iran could leak such a story but it would look bad.

must be another hot tip from the debka file ;)