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Plot To Assassinate Obama Foiled In Turkey

April 6, 2009 3:41 PM EDT
According to reports from CBS news, Turkish security services arrested a Syrian man in connection with a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama during his current visit to Turkey.

The man, who was carrying an Al-Jazeera TV ID card in the name of M.G., confessed after his arrest that he was planning on stabbing the U.S. president with a knife during the Alliance of Civilizations summit held in Istanbul.

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