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Alleged assassination attempt on Jimmy Carter in Middle East

June 17, 3:48 PMAtlanta Political Buzz ExaminerEwa Kochanska
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An anonymous source told  news agencies that a Palestinian terrorist group attempted an attack on President Jimmy Carter while he was visiting Gaza Strip yesterday, June 16.
 
Allegedly, the Al-Qaida linked group planted two roadside bombs along the path that Carter’s caravan was taking. The bombs were supposedly placed at a border crossing between Gaza and Israel.
 
The Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Ihab al-Rassin said they have no information about an assassination attempt, even though witnesses saw Hamas forces detonating explosive right around the border area. 
 
The former U.S. President met with Hamas leaders to discuss the ongoing conflict with Israel and toured some of the ruins caused by Israeli strikes from last January. 
 
Carter is in the area with his humanitarian organization The Carter Center to persuade the leaders in the region to lift the economic blockade that has been crippling both countries.
 
"'The responsibility for this terrible human rights crime lies in Jerusalem, Cairo, Washington, and throughout the international community. This abuse must cease; the crimes must be investigated; the walls must be brought down, and the basic right of freedom must come to you,' he [Carter] told the crowd.
 
He said Palestinian statehood could not come at the expense of Israeli security, while Israeli security could not come at the expense of Palestinian statehood.”
 
Initially the Carter delegation refused to comment on the assassination attempt, only saying that they were briefed on it while in the region. 
 
Carter’s spokesperson out of Atlanta released the following statement: ““President Carter ended his trip to Lebanon, Syria, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza today as originally planned and has departed to return home. We have no knowledge of a bomb plot against him. His visit to Gaza was without incident.”
 
Jimmy Carter lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Rosalynn where they are both involved with their human rights organization The Carter Center. 
 
CORRECTION: Jimmy Carter's main residence is in Plains, GA. 

 

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