Bush "never in danger" despite Georgia grenade

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TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian security officials discovered a hand grenade close to President Bush as he addressed a rapturous crowd in Tbilisi on Tuesday, but the White House said on Wednesday his life was never in danger.

Officials in the former Soviet republic, which was hosting a serving U.S. president for the first time, were at pains to play down the incident, saying it was a dud that could not explode.

Washington said security measures were tight enough as Bush hailed the ex-Soviet country's new democracy in front of a 150,000-strong crowd and that details of the grenade incident were sketchy.

Asked whether Bush's life was ever in danger, White House spokesman Scott McClellan replied: "No."

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"A (Soviet-made) RPG-5 hand grenade was found at the square," Gela Bezhuashvili, secretary of Georgia's Security Council, said. It had been discovered 50 meters (160 feet) from where Bush stood, he said, but he gave no more precise details.

Jeepers creepers!

They thought the aim was to scare, not destroy, but still...

Someone got a bomb within striking distance of the President of the USA!



Rich::