Who really fired the shot that killed President John F. Kennedy and why ? It wasn't Oswald !!!?
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If you ever get to Dealy Plaza and really look around, it is really interesting. It is a perfect area for a cross fire situation, so I don't believe the Warren Commisions report that Oswald acted alone. Was Oswald involved, it is hard to say. But, IMHO, it was definitely multiple shooters. The Warren Commision picked Oswald as the scapegoat not because the governmnet was involved in the shooting as some say, but because they were under pressure to wrap it up quickly, and he couldn't speak out to defend himself.\n\nBack to the original question. Who killed Kennedy? It is hard to say. It could have been the Dallas Police. It could have been the mofia. It could have been supporters of Castro. I don't think we will ever know absolutely who it was.
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Mysterious assassination of JFK\n\nWatergate\n\nIrangate
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas... presumably by Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in the back seat of his convertible car in a parade that if I recall correctly was only being held because he was there... The word spread quickly and shocked many.. A little while later Oswald was apprehended from his hiding place in a theatre a few blocks away.
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Bush pardoned it and shot it in the back yard right after the cameras went off.  Thats the story you libbies never hear about lol\n\nYou know I'm playin w/ yah.  If I was uptight I wouldn't have spit vodka laughin when i read this Q
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It's possible.  He was shot before he could be questioned by police, but when he was arrested he screamed "I am just a patsy".  So I guess it could be a part of the conspiracy to keep the real murderer a secret.\n\n\nWe're talking about the shooting of Oswald, not the shooting of JFK, right?
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Kennedy was shot to death by sniper Lee Harvey Oswald during an open-car motorcade in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963; two days later, Harvey was shot and killed by another man, Jack Ruby. Kennedy was succeeded by Lyndon Johnson.
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Castro assasinated JFK using Oswald, in retaliation for JFK trying to kill Castro via the Mob.  Oswald met with Cuban agents in Mexico City prior his day in Dallas.  Castro became aware of Oswald via KGB agents who became familiar with him while he lived in Russia.  The FBI tried to follow up on the Cuban connection during the Warren Commission investigation but were recalled by Central DC office for unknown reasons, and the leads were never fully investigated.  A recent documentary attempted to interview the alleged Cuban agent but his response only added to the idea that Cuba was behind the whole incident.\n\nArea 51 was where the Stealth fighters/bombers were first tested.  Most likely spot where alien ships may have been reversed engineered, but only rumors at this point.  In any event the site is highly classified.  The ground sensors around the base bring immediate response by armed military with orders to shoot to kill.
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The warren commission was wrong, It could have been the Cubans as we tried to kill Castro only he succeeded, It could have been the FBI hoover was a cross dresser and the only reason Kennedy didnt expose him was, he turned the white house into a brothel, It could have been the military industrial complex, Kennedy was against our involvement in Viet Nam. Film at the time shows people dropping when they heard shots from behind the fence on the grassy knowl. Oswald was CIA and may have been involved that is why another CIA jack ruby killed him to cover it up. We as Americans deserve to know the truth
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I want to say Lee Harvey Oswald, but nobody's reallly 100% sure. The bullet was apparently "magic."
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After  JFK's failed attempt to kill Castro with the Bay of Pigs invasion and his attempt to get the American Mafia's help, Castro retaliated using a patsy given to him by the Russians.  I seen this on a German TV documentary...they tried to interview the Cuban agent who met with Oswald in Mexico City prior to the assasination...but his answers only created more doubt...
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the lone gunman theory is a crock.  there's no way that all those shots, from all those angles came in 6 seconds.  \n\nphysicists have shown it to be scientifically impossible.  the blows to jfk's body can be seen to come from different directions, right there on the videotape.  \n\nthere's a lot of people who wanted jfk dead, so the investigation has been cloudy.\n\nwhat is interesting however, is that when Oswald was arrested, there was NO INTERROGATION.  They didn't make a record, record a transcript, or make notes of ANYTHING they did with him.\n\nHe was in custody for a few hours, then he conviently gets murdered before he can talk, and give information to anybody.
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The CIA, the mob, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald cannot be left out of the equation and plenty of non-military people are involved in covert doings.  However I think he was just the fall guy. Why did Jack Ruby kill him before he could say anything? John Kennedy was a threat to other political people. Robert Kennedy was a threat to the mob as Attorney General. The unions controlled by the mob, especially the teamsters, helped put Kennedy into power with their votes. When Bobby starting going after the mob they felt betrayed because Joe Kennedy was courting them behind the scenes to help elect John. The Warren Commission never had all the facts which makes their report a moot finding. I doubt we will ever know.
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He would not.  if the C I A put him up to be a fall guy, while agency spooks did the real killing, they could have him murdered in the basement of the Dallas County Jail, and arrange for his killer to conveniently die, alone, incommunicado.  That rifle, a bolt-action with poor eye-relief, would never have been used as the weapon that killed JFK.  I find it interesting how Kennedy was shot from a forward angle.  Not from behind, so why would he ? \nGood quesion.
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Without a doubt it's JFK and his death
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He died in New York City in front of an apartment building after being shot by Mark David Chapman the night of December 8th, 1980.  I remember working at a radio station in Ladysmith, Wisconsin when the bells went off on the teletype with the bulletin announcing he had been assassinated.  That was one of the toughest stories I ever had to air because I had been a huge fan of not just John but the Beatles overall.  For the balance of the night I played all Beatles & John Lennon music...and will never forget that sad night.
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Frankly I was not aware of this till now. But I did some 1 hour research for you question and here is what I found out.\n\nKennedy used "Castro-Card" to defeat Nixon as the Cold War was in full force. But he was unaware that the CIA had all planned and was more than happy to have the hawkish Kennedy to get elected.\n\nApparently Kennedy developed cold feet and tried to avoid "US Involvement" and did some utterly stupid changes to the plan which nothing but doomed the invasion. Its the worst fiasco to hit the Kennedy Administration.\n\nHere are some links with more material for your essay. If possible buy/rent that book "Decision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs ". You will blow your peers' essays with your explosive view points...\n\nAll the Best. Please do message me as how you did and what score it fetched to you..\n\n.:Fishie:.
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I need some more points so will comment on zachs mom's (if that is your real name!) answer.\n\nReal good attempt but I think you got over excited in your rush to answer this question. This resulted in a poorly styled answer with way too many capitals and further mistakes in punctuation.\n\nLee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to four United States government investigations, responsible for the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. On November 22, 1963, Oswald was arrested on suspicion of killing President Kennedy and Dallas policeman J. D. Tippit earlier that day. Oswald denied the charges, claiming he was a "patsy". Two days later, Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby on live television while in police custody. Public opinion is still divided regarding the official version of Oswald's culpability in the assassination.\n\nI obtained this information from http://en.wikipedia.org/ for you as you got confused or you don't even know your own history.\n\nYou do redeem yourself a bit by suggesting the questioner should re think his question but even that is poorly written. He should rephrase his question to something like "Do you believe the JKF conspiracy theories (do a web search for info on many of these)? I believe that would have got him a bit of credibility. Your suggestion was frankly naff.\n\nI believe OK is accepted shorthand for okay.\n\nYou think too slow for your typing speed and type to much. I should know all about that last one. Look how much I typed for a measly 2 points.\n\n\n\nP.S. "Och well in fer a penny in fer a pound" as somebody once said. Can I get the 10 points please dngnbrn? My answer is a) What and b) No.\n\nP.P.S. To the Yahoo Answers admin staff. If I get the 10 points  can you double it for me as it's a two part answer?