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Plot to Kill the Pope

NCJ Number
99069
Journal
Terrorism Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Dated: (1985) Pages: 351-365
Author(s)
J L Scherer
Date Published
1985
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This essay analyzes East European operations in the conspiracy to kill Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981. It describes the seeminly irrational, unexplained behavior of Mehmet Ali Agca and Bulgarians in Rome who allegedly carried out the conspiracy. It finally resolves with a surprise twist the inconsistencies in East European planning and operations. (Author abstract)

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