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| | [[File:Lee harvey oswald.jpg|thumb|Lee Harvey Oswald]] | | [[File:Lee harvey oswald.jpg|thumb|Lee Harvey Oswald]] |
| − | '''Lee Harvey Oswald''' was born on October 18, 1939, in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He was held responsible as the sole assassin of [[President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] on November 22, 1963, by the [[Warren Commission]], although the assassination has become a popular target for conspiracy theorists. Oswald was a lifelong communist and leftist who at one point defected to the Soviet Union. | + | '''Lee Harvey Oswald''' was born on October 18, 1939, in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. The [[Warren Commission]], anxious to close the case, declared that Oswald acted alone and was the sole assassin of [[President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] on November 22, 1963. Oswald was a lifelong communist and leftist who at one point defected to the Soviet Union, and yet was inexplicably allowed back into the United States. |
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| − | Oswald was murdered in front of live [[television]] cameras on November 24, 1963, by [[Dallas]] nightclub owner [[Jack Ruby]]. | + | Oswald was murdered in front of live [[television]] cameras on November 24, 1963, by [[Dallas]] nightclub owner Jack Ruby. |
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| − | JFK conspiracy theories usually gloss over Oswald's marriage to the daughter of a KGB colonel. She was allowed to marry him and they were allowed to emigrate, but the KGB had no plans for him? Occam's razor could use a good stropping here.[http://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Liberal-Victims-Assault-America/dp/030735346X/] In addition, declassified CIA documents dating back to the assassination that were released in 2015 revealed that, among other things, the CIA found out on September 28, 1963 that Oswald prior to assassinating Kennedy proceeded to pay a visit to the Soviet and Cuban embassies in an attempt to gain visas, indicating he had plans to leave the country very soon.[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3237770/Declassified-CIA-memo-reveals-Lee-Harvey-Oswald-visited-embassies-Cuba-Soviet-Union-plot-escape-assassinating-John-F-Kennedy.html]
| + | Oswald married the daughter of a KGB colonel. She was allowed to marry him and they were allowed to emigrate, but the KGB had no plans for him.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Liberal-Victims-Assault-America/dp/030735346X/</ref> In addition, declassified CIA documents dating back to the assassination that were released in 2015 revealed that, among other things, the CIA found out on September 28, 1963 that Oswald prior to assassinating Kennedy proceeded to pay a visit to the Soviet and Cuban embassies in an attempt to gain visas, indicating he had plans to leave the country very soon.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3237770/Declassified-CIA-memo-reveals-Lee-Harvey-Oswald-visited-embassies-Cuba-Soviet-Union-plot-escape-assassinating-John-F-Kennedy.html</ref> |
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| | ==The Most Rejected Man of His Time== | | ==The Most Rejected Man of His Time== |
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| | * [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoswald.htm Lee Harvey Oswald.] | | * [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoswald.htm Lee Harvey Oswald.] |
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| | [[Category:Assassins]] | | [[Category:Assassins]] |
| | [[Category:Communists]] | | [[Category:Communists]] |