கென்னடி கொலையின் மர்ம முடிச்சுகள் அவிழ்க்கப்படவில்லை - Assassination of John F. Kennedy

அமெரிக்க முன்னாள் அதிபர் கென்னடி, டெக்ஸாஸ் மாகாணத்தில் சுட்டுக் கொல்லப்பட்டு இன்றோடு (22-11-2015) 52ஆண்டுகள் முடிந்துவிட்டன. இச்சம்பவம் தொடர்பாக பலர் மீது சந்தேகங்கள் இருந்தது. இதைக் குறித்து விசாரித்த வாரன் குழுவும் சரியான உண்மைகளைக் கண்டறியவில்லை. இன்றைக்குவரை, நேதாஜி, சாஸ்த்ரி, ஹோமி பாபா போன்றோர் மறைவு போலவே கென்னடியின் மறைவும் மர்மமாகவே உள்ளன. உலக வரலாற்றில் ஜூலியஸ் சீசர், ஆபிரஹாம் லிங்கன், மகாத்மா காந்தி, மார்ட்டின் லூதர்கிங், இந்திராகாந்தி, பெனாசிர் பூட்டோ போன்ற தலைவர்கள் சுட்டுக்கொல்லப்பட்டனர். ராஜீவ் காந்தியும் மனித வெடிகுண்டு தாக்குதலால் கொடுமையாக சாகடிக்கப்பட்டார். இவற்றில் உத்தமர் காந்தி, இந்திராகாந்தி போன்றோர் கொலையில் மட்டும் குற்றவாளிகள் கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டனர். கென்னடி கொலை நிகழ்வின் 52வது ஆண்டு நிறைவைக் குறித்து, இன்றைய எக்கனாமிக் டைம்ஸ் ஏட்டில் கென்னடி கொலையில் சந்தேகத்திற்குரிய நபர்கள் பட்டியலில் அவரது துணைவியார் ஜாக்குலின் கென்னடி, கென்னடிக்கு உற்றதுணையாக இருந்து, அவருக்குப் பிறகு அமெரிக்காவின் குடியரசுத் தலைவராக பொறுப்புக்கு வந்த ஜான்சன் போன்றோர் மீது சந்தேகங்கள் இருந்ததாகச் செய்திகள் வெளியானது. க்யூபா அதிபர் பிடல் காஸ்ட்ரோ மீது சந்தேகப்பார்வைகள் எழுந்தன.  Today, November 22, marks the 52nd death anniversary of US president John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. He was shot down by a former US Marine, Lee Harvey Oswald, in 1963 while travelling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. JFK's assassination spawned the greatest conspiracy-generating machine of all time. A look at some of the more famous ones, as well as the books and movies based on the assassination : Conspiracy Paranoia Despite various investigations and eyewitness evidence supporting the lone gunman theory, public opinion polls taken over the years have shown that a majority of Americans believe that Oswald did not act alone but conspired with others to kill the president; this has spawned numerous conspiracy theories. Most current theories put forth a criminal conspiracy involving varied parties: The CIA: In nearly every theory that involves American conspirators, one group is routinely represented -the Central Intelligence Agency. To be sure, the CIA is an easy boogeyman, what with its workings and agents a secret to most Americans, and the agency in the 1960s having a reputation for high-level political assassinations.One theory suggests that Oswald was a CIA operative and agents tampered with his FBI file before and after the investigation to make it appear he was a communist. In its 1978 report, the House Select Committee on Assassinations found that there was no indication that Oswald “had ever had contact with the Agency“ The Mafia: One version of this theory posits that the mafia was angered with JFK after the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, as they had hoped to re-exert their presence in Cuba, which had been erased after Fidel Castro rose to power. Furthermore, the mob did not like Kennedy's crusading younger brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who was turning up the heat on organised crime.Robert's “anti-mafia crusade“ had led to a sharp increase in the number of prosecutions of senior mafia figures.The Warren Commission cleared the mafia from involvement in any such plot. The House Committee on Assassinations found that the mafia was not involved in a conspiracy, but did not rule out that individuals with mob ties were part of the plot Lyndon B Johnson: With JFK out of the way, LBJ stepped into the role of Commander-in-chief, with all the power that came with the gig (including the power to cover up any investigation into his involvement). Plus, the crime occurred on his home turf of Texas.Supposedly, both Jacqueline Kennedy and Richard Nixon thought Johnson had ties to the murder Cuban president Fidel Castro: Given that US agents tried to assassinate Cuban president Fidel Castro numerous times, the theory goes, Castro decided he would repay the honour and assassinate Kennedy. When Castro was interviewed by Bill Moyers in 1977 he called the theory “absolute insanity“ The KGB: This theory agrees Oswald pulled the trigger -but that he did it under orders from his Soviet overlords. Though a former marine, Oswald had twice visited the Soviet Union with his Russian-born wife Marina. Both the Warren Commission and the House Committee on Assassinations found little evidence to support a Sovietbacked operation, but one former KGB agent came out years later to say the Russians played a role in the plot Jacqueline Kennedy: One of the most far-fetched theories alleges that JFK's wife killed him herself. Could the president's wife have been a secret assassin? Some theorists claim that Jackie Kennedy hid a pistol in a nearby flower pot after the assassination. But then, this is just an assumption JFK on the Big Screen The Zapruder Film, 1963 This is a silent, color motion picture sequence shot by Dallas businessman Abraham Zapruder with a home-movie camera, as Kennedy's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza, thereby unexpectedly capturing the President's assassination. The 26 second, 486 frames of silent, 8mm colour celluloid he captured are the Urtext for conspiracy movies and the most telling depiction of what happened that day in Dallas. The film was later bought by Life magazine for $150,000 Rush to Judgment, 1966 The documentary directed by Emile de Antonio and based on a book by lawyer Mark Lane is for the most part a brief for the defence -presumably for Lee Harvey Oswald, who was no longer around to defend himself. The crew travels to Dealey Plaza and interviews on camera numerous eyewitnesses who describe in vivid detail the shooting of Kennedy on November 22, 1963 JFK, 1991 Oliver Stone received eight Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture and Director for this 1991 masterpiece. At the peak of his powers Stone skilfully demolishes the Warren Commission Report piece by piece, constructing an alternative history wherein Jim Garrison leads an all-star cast on an epic quest for the truth Executive Action, 1973 Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan lead a group of conspirators in this covert action feature that boldly contradicts the Warren Commission's finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. The movie raises the specter of two “Oswalds,“ anti-Castro Cubans and ex-CIA agents as part of a shadowy conspiracy to whack the liberal leaning chief executive Kennedy, 1983 The five-hour film followed Kennedy from his childhood through his political career and right before his assassination.Kennedy provides a compelling look at of one of America's most intriguing public figures and was a commercial and critical success, and to this day, Martin Sheen's impressive performance is considered one of the best portrayals of JFK Who Was Oswald? Oswald was a former US Marine who defected to the Soviet Union in 1959. He lived in the Soviet Union until 1962, after which he returned to the US.Oswald was initially arrested for the murder of police officer JD Tippit, who was killed on a Dallas street approximately 45 minutes after Kennedy was shot. He was later charged with the murder of Kennedy.On November 24, Oswald was shot and mortally wounded by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby in full view of television cameras broadcasting live