GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Assassins fail to murder Egyptian Vice President Suleiman

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: DEBKAfile

08February2011 10:23amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Early Saturday, too, US intelligence sources disclosed that exactly a week ago, on Jan. 29, an attempt was made on the life of Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman in central Cairo as his convoy left the presidential palace. He had just been sworn in by President Hosni Mubarak as Vice President. Suleiman escaped unharmed but two of his bodyguards were killed. The sources said the attack bore the marks of professional, well-trained hitmen.

The attack was denied in Cairo but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed it in Munich when she said the assassination attempt was a sign of instability in Egypt.

Asked about this incident at his press briefing Friday night, Feb. 4, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said tensely: "I'm not going to… get into that question." (read full report)

 

 

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