Cheney shoots man on Texas quail hunting trip

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There is just something about Cheney.

 

 

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a

companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow

hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11312757/

 

 

 

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, Donna Arnold

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Here Donna is the latest news about the incident.........

 

 

 

CHENEY SAYS SHOOTING OF FELLOW HUNTER WAS BASED ON FAULTY

INTELLIGENCE

 

 

Believed Shooting Victim Was Zawahiri, Veep Says

 

 

Vice President Dick Cheney revealed today that he shot a fellow

hunter while on a quail hunting trip over the weekend because he

believed the man was the fugitive terror mastermind Ayman al-

Zawahiri.

 

Mr. Cheney acknowledged that the man he sprayed with pellets on

Saturday was not al-Zawahiri but rather Harry Whittington, a 78-year-

old millionaire lawyer from Austin, blaming the mix-up on " faulty

intelligence. "

 

" I believed I had credible intelligence that al-Zawahiri had

infiltrated my hunting party in disguise with the intent of spraying

me with pellets, " Mr. Cheney told reporters. " Only after I shot

Harry in the face and he shouted 'Cheney, you bastard' did I realize

that this intelligence was faulty. "

 

Moments after Mr. Cheney's assault on Mr. Whittington, Mr. al-

Zawahiri appeared in a new videotape broadcast on al-Jazeera to

announce that he was uninjured in the vice president's attack

because, in his words, " I was in Pakistan. "

 

An aide to the vice president said he believed that the American

people would believe Mr. Cheney's version of events, but added, " If

he was going to shoot any of his cronies right now it's a shame it

wasn't Jack Abramoff. "

 

At the White House, President George W. Bush defended his vice

president's shooting of a fellow hunter, saying that the attack

sent " a strong message to terrorists everywhere. "

 

" The message is, if Dick Cheney is willing to shoot an innocent

American citizen at point-blank range, imagine what he'll do to

you, " Mr. Bush said.

 

Elsewhere, aviator Steve Fossett completed his three-day journey

around the globe, setting a world record for wasting both time and

money.

 

 

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> WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and

wounded a

> companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying

the fellow

> hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.

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> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11312757/

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