That Grenade Was Real
Written on May 19, 2005
Remember that fake grenade that was thrown at Bush last week while he was in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia?
It was live:
WASHINGTON (AP) - A hand grenade that landed within 100 feet of President Bush during his visit last week to a former Soviet republic was a threat to his life and the safety of the tens of thousands in the crowd, the FBI said Wednesday.
The grenade was live but did not explode.
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According to the FBI’s initial investigation, the grenade failed to explode only because of a malfunction. The activation device deployed too slowly to hit the blasting cap hard enough, agent Bryan Paarmann said.
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