Interesting bit of history about the Pope and the KGB
Refer to:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1300033,00050003.htm
Supposably the KGB was behind the failed attempt to assassinate the Pope in 1981. The story goes that the KGB subcontracted the task out to a Bulgarian intelligence agency and the East German Stasi. The Bulgarians then hired a Turkish extremist to act as the trigger man. It's difficult to believe the KGB would do something so lame. Was the Pope really such a threat to them? If the KGB wanted the Pope dead then why didn't they blow his plane out of the sky with a missile or a bomb? Hiring a looney-tune with a gun seems pretty stupid to me.
Gary