CCCP John Paul II assassination attempt

An Italian parliamentary commission has concluded that the former Soviet Union was behind the 1981 assassination attempt on the late Pope John Paul II.

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So, the Soviet Union thought enough of the Popes ties to the democracy-linked Solidarity labour movement in Poland that they tried to kill him. Seems quite audacious for the head of the Catholic church [membership at the end of 2003: 1,085,557,000]. I wonder had the would-be assassin been successful, would he have gone down in history as just another "lone-gunman"? After all, it has taken 25 years for this truth to out.

[edit on 2/3/06 by Implosion]

Sorry, I've just noticed that this has been covered here.
My apologies.

Thread closed, thanks for pointing this out implosion.