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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:24 am Post subject: Arizona Congresswoman Giffords shot |
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Arizona Congresswoman Giffords shot
Doctors 'optimistic' about recovery chances
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was the intended target in the shooting and he described suspect Jared Loughner as one with a criminal record and one with mental issues. Dupnik also said he was "not convinced" that the suspect acted alone, but he declined to elaborate.
Giffords, 40, a third-term Democrat, was shot through the head at shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday morning at a Safeway at Ina and Oracle roads in northwest Tucson. Loughner, 22, is currently in custody. (Initial news accounts and reports from authorities misidentified the name as Laughner.)
Giffords has undergone brain surgery after being shot by a man who opened fire with a handgun when the Congresswoman was holding a public appearance in Tucson.
One of the surgeons who operated on Giffords said afterwards, "I'm very optimistic about her recovery."
Six people were killed, including U.S. District Judge John Roll, a Giffords aide and a young girl, and 13 others were wounded in the shooting, authorities said. The aide was identified as Gabe Zimmerman, 30, Giffords' community outreach director; he was engaged to be married.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/08/20110108arizona-giffords-brk.html#ixzz1AeM775Yn
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I don't know much about this Loughner guy except that appeared quite unbalanced, but notice how they are already setting this up to scapegoat those who support sound money principles and attack the Federal Reserve. During the last ten minutes of Democracy Now! today, Amy Goodman interviews someone who tries to do just that, even mentioning Ron Paul by name!
Something stinks already about this. |
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