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  • Pope Shot By Armenian Gunman

    I found this article on another message board. It's from the Australian newspaper, "Canberra Times". They published a story about the shooting for Pope John Paul II. It was published in August 04, 2005. I'm a little late with this, but hey, so are they. And they made one big mistake.


    Pope Shot By Armenian Gunman

    Canberra Times - Australasia; Aug 04, 2005


    HE HAD just driven slowly through a cheering crowd of more than 20,000 people in St Peter's Square in Rome.

    But on May 13, 1981, at 5.21pm, as Pope John Paul was about to step down from his open-topped vehicle - jokingly called the Popemobile - the repeated crack of gunfire rang out.

    The Pope collapsed, bleeding profusely from gunshot wounds to his stomach.

    Six shots were fired by 23-year- old Armenian gunman Mehmet Ali Agca from a Browning 9mm pistol. After his arrest, police discovered a letter in which he said he planned to kill the Pope ''to demonstrate to the world the imperialistic crimes of the Soviet Union and the United States''. Two American women were also wounded in the attack. The 60-year-old Pope was hit by four bullets - two lodging in the lower intestine, causing extensive internal wounds.

    Moments before the shooting, the Pope had been holding a baby in his arms and had just given the infant back to its parents.

    The assassination attempt was described by Italian police as ''the first act of terrorism against the Vatican'', and raised serious questions about security and protection of the Pope. The Italian press argued that the pontiff was protected by 95 ceremonial Swiss guards, armed only with medieval pikes. Doctors performed almost six hours of complex abdominal surgery.

    The Pope also received emergency transfusions of 3.4litres of blood.

    Hundreds of people gathered outside the Gemelli Hospital near the Vatican, praying and waiting for news of his recovery. Were you there? Share your memories, via e-mail with [email protected]




    Apparently a bunch of aggrivated people sent e-mails to the editor. Let me know if you want me to post the e-mails they sent.

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    Re: Pope Shot By Armenian Gunman

    Originally posted by One-Way
    Pope Shot By Armenian Gunman
    Six shots were fired by 23-year- old Armenian gunman Mehmet Ali Agca from

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      Re: Pope Shot By Armenian Gunman

      Wonder if it was the gunman who told people he's Armenian.
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        Re: Pope Shot By Armenian Gunman

        Like I previously said:

        This situation can be explained, I think.

        Back when Mehmet Ali Akca was first arrested in 1981, he claimed to be an Armenian. I believe he did this to throw-off the arresting authorites. However, later it was revealed that he indeed was a Turk. Nonetheless, some news papers back then did reported his claim of Armenian decent.

        I think that a young news reporter, albeit not a very smart one, was doing some archival research and came across those newspaper articles claiming that the assasin of the Pope was an Armenian.

        Thus, this mess.

        Then again, I could be wrong. It could have been those pessky xxxs
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          Yes, I read that post. Good job.

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            Just an FYI: the Turk who shot the Pope back in '81 was recently released from jail after serving 26 years. News article can be found here:

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              stupid aussies

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                didn't they apologise for this already?

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                  Armenians and Turks are both considered as "wogs" to Aussies. They are easily confused.

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                    Re: Pope Shot By Armenian Gunman

                    Originally posted by dsarkasian
                    Armenians and Turks are both considered as "wogs" to Aussies. They are easily confused.
                    Just about every ethnic in Aussie is considered as a WOG and damn it, I am proud to be one.

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