Ahmadinejad Accuses U.S. of X-Ray Assassination Plot

(Tehran, Iran) According to Iran's former ambassador to Rome, the U.S. attempted to assassinate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with high intensity X-rays during a trip to Italy earlier this month.

"On the eve of the [Iranian] president's visit to Rome, we checked the radiation levels in his temporary residence," Abolfazi Zohrevand told Iran's IRNA news agency.

"We found out that the radiation was higher than normal and its intensity was rapidly increasing," he said, adding that several devices were used to avoid potential error in readings, but they all showed the same results.

Earlier, Ahmadinejad himself mentioned another assassination attempt during his March visit to Baghdad and said only changes to his schedule had foiled the plot. However, the West and even some inner Iranian circles dismissed his allegations.

The Iranian president pledged last week to provide proof that the United States was behind an attempt on his life in Iraq.

Using some sort of portable high-intensity radiation device for assassination doesn't make sense. Who is going to carry it around? Ten tons of lead would be needed to protect the operator alone. There are much more effective and quicker methods of killing a person.

I wonder if Ahmadinejad is a bit paranoid.

Also: Jawa Report