The JFK Assination: Who was Involved and How did It Happen?

When you mention the name John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) people immediately think of the Dallas morning when he was shot and killed in his limousine, while making a two day trip through Texas. President Kennedy was rushed to the Parkland Hospital, where he would later die that day. Later, the official story that came out was that Lee Harvey Oswald had "sniped" Kennedy from the Texas School Book Depository Building. Oswald was confronted 45 minutes later by the police where he shot one and ran into a movie theater, there he was finally captured. The Kennedy assassination was one of the saddest days in America, but it also remains one of the most controversial itself (Its usually ranked up there with 9/11 and the first Moon Landing). The warren Commission had stated that Kennedy was shot and killed by one man and one man only, Oswald, but the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) had concluded in a later report that there was a high probability that Oswald was aided by another gunman. Theories on who was involved included, KGB, CIA, J.Edgar Hoover (FBI Director), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), Fidel Castro, Cuban Exiles (possibly because Kennedy used them in Bay of Pigs Invasion, but were captured by Cuba and

thrown in Jail), the Mafia (people had accepted contracts from the Mob to kill Kennedy), and secret societies. Another part of the conspiracy theory was the fact that marksmanship was basically impossible. Kennedy was shot through the head that left 1/4 of his head missing. The next bullet went through Kennedy's back and hit Governor Conally, but that bullet would have had to defy

the Laws of Physics and would have had to change direction to Conally. The 2nd part is the fact that Oswald was had scored a 191 on his sharp shooter test. That would rank him just barely above other solders. Oswald used a 6.5 Italian Mannlicher Carcano to shoot Kennedy. Oswald shot 3 bolts within 6.5 seconds. That is possible to shoot that many in that time frame, but to accurately hit a moving vehicle that seems near impossible. Another piece tantalizing evidence is the Babushka Lady who turned up on the best piece of evidence we have of the Kennedy Assassination, Zapruder film. The Babushka Lady was seen holding a camera and while everyone had scattered and left she stayed longer than anyone else did. The FBI never found her and no one came forward and said they were the lady and was

proven. So the mystery remains. We may never know what really happened on that fateful day in Dallas, but as long as the conspiracy theories are out their people will still want to believe that maybe something different really did happen.