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Hovik's corner: RETARDED TURKISH MEDIA

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  • Hovik's corner: RETARDED TURKISH MEDIA

    I post this article not because it is worthy of being posted in this forum, but to again highlight the blatant stupidity of so much of the Turkish media. Here is what you should do. First read the Turkish article, and try to understand what nationality the attacker is. Notice that ethnicity is cited and used blindly througout the article to try to lead the reader to believe that the nationality of the individual is the same.
    Now read the second article in which authorities (I should say 2 days before the Turkish article came out) clearly state the nationality of the individual. Why is there this disparity? Becuase it is in the interest of Turks to leave out factual information that they know exists when trying to make their case for something. In this case it is that an "Armenian tried to kill President Bush", in other cases its that the "Turks never perpetrated a Genocide against Armenians". Enjoy observing the RETARDATION of the TURKISH MEDIA!!!!

    Journal of Turkish Weekly
    July 25 2005

    Armenian Attacker Confesses He Attempted to Kill President Bush


    * Georgian police have announced the arrest of a man suspected of
    throwing a live hand grenade in the direction of President Mikheil
    Saakashvili and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush during their
    joint public appearance in Tbilisi on 10 May. The suspect --
    identified as Vladimir Arutyunian, a 27-year-old ethnic Armenian --
    was captured overnight following a shoot-out that claimed the life of
    a senior police officer. Today, Arutyunian confessed to throwing the
    grenade with a view to harming the U.S. president.

    An Armenian man suspected of hurling a grenade at President George W.
    Bush during his May visit to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has been
    charged with premeditated murder.
    Georgian prosecutors say the charge against Vladimir Arutyunian stems
    from the killing of a Georgian Interior Ministry security officer
    during a gunfight that erupted as police tried to capture him
    Wednesday.
    The United States expressed sympathy over the death of the officer,
    and lauded the bravery and dedication of Georgian authorities in
    taking the man into custody.

    Georgian officials say Mr. Arutyunian confessed to throwing the
    grenade at President Bush, who was addressing tens of thousands
    gathered in Tbilisi's Freedom Square.

    The grenade landed in front of the stage but the Russian-made
    explosive device, folded in a red handkerchief, failed to go off. A
    Georgian security officer reportedly picked it up and removed it from
    the area.

    Georgian authorities say the capture was made possible after police
    were tipped off by some of Arutyunian's neighbors.

    Just three days ago, the Interior Ministry had increased to 150,000
    laris ($80,000) the reward being offered for any information leading
    to the location of the man suspected of tossing a grenade toward Bush
    and Saakashvili while both leaders were addressing tens of thousands
    of people on Tbilisi's Freedom Square.

    At an impromptu press briefing, Interior Minister Ivane (Vano)
    Merabishvili described what happened next.

    "As [police] went to the house of the suspect, Vladimir Vladimirovich
    Arutyunian, he opened fire, causing the death of one of our men,
    Zurab Kvlividze," Merabishvili said. "Arutyunian was wounded in the
    shoot-out that followed and, a few minutes later, detained by a
    special police unit."

    Arutyunian sustained three gun wounds in the leg and chest and was
    rushed to Tbilisi's Republican Hospital for treatment. His condition
    is reportedly not life-threatening, but doctors say it does not allow
    for his immediate transfer to a prison.

    Interior Ministry spokesman Guram Donadze today released a short
    police video of a conversation that he said he had in hospital with
    Arutyunian. In the video, broadcast on Georgian television channels,
    the suspect admits to throwing the grenade with a view to harming
    Bush.

    In earlier comments made to Georgia's Rustavi-2 television channel,
    Deputy Health Minister Irakli Giorgobiani had quoted hospital doctors
    as saying Arutyunian had confessed to throwing the grenade. But
    Giorgobiani had also cast doubt on the suspect's mental health.


    NOW READ WHAT THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS:

    ArmenPress
    July 22 2005


    GEORGIAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR BRUSHES ASIDE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN
    SUSPECT AND ARMENIA

    BILISI, JULY 22, ARMENPRESS: Georgia's chief prosecutor Zurab
    Adeilashvili told after a meeting with his Armenian counterpart
    Aghvan Hovsepian in Tbilisi that an ethnic Armenian citizen of
    Georgia
    , Vladimir Harutunian, arrested on suspicion of throwing a
    hand grenade at US president George W. Bush last May will be indicted
    for trying to carry out an assassination attempt on Bush's life.
    "The suspect is a Georgian citizen, the incident took place in
    Georgia and naturally it has no relation with Armenia.
    We are looking
    for all evidence and information in Georgia. They are here and
    nowhere," he said. Vladimir Harutunian, 27, was arrested in a fatal
    clash with the police late on July 20, admitted to tossing a
    hand-grenade into a crowd during President Bush's speech in May.
    Georgian interior ministry disseminated information about the case
    through a video footage shot by the ministry's press office and
    broadcasted by the Georgian television stations.
    The footage issued by the ministry early on Thursday showed an
    apartment where the suspect lived. Several hand-grenades, uniforms, a
    night vision device and several gasmasks, as well as military
    guidelines were seen on this tape. Later on Thursday the Ministry
    issued a short interview with the suspect. The footage shows
    Harutunian, who was injured in a shootout with the police on July 20,
    in his hospital room. When answering the question asked by spokesman
    of the Interior Ministry Guram Donadze: "Did you toss a
    hand-grenade?" Harutunian replays: "Yes." When asked why he did it,
    the suspect starts answering: "because Bush..." and then the footage
    is bleeped out, apparently to censor swearing.
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  • #2
    haha very funny! Believe me, they choose the wording of their reports very carefully to make sure the reader gets an anti-Armenian or "Turkey is right about the Armenians" idea, and doing so sometimes causes the readers to either entirely misunderstand or miss the important point of the article.

    Which reminds me of this thread...

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    • #3
      Yeah no kidding, Turkey spins anything it can, and then thinks the world is too dumb to notice - idiots. Here is what Saakashvili has to say about the matter:

      Georgian president denounces emphasizing of Harutiunian's ethnic origin

      27.07.2005 16:51

      YEREVAN (YERKIR) - At a meeting with the Georgian Internal Ministry
      personnel on Tuesday, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili
      criticized media and some political parties for their position to
      countinously emphasize the ethnic background of Vladimir Harutiunian,
      detained in the assassination attempt against US President George
      W. Bush, Armenpress reported.

      "I do not care for ethnic origin. Harutiunian is Armenian, but the
      widow of the officer (Zurab Kvlividze) he has killed is also
      Armenian. Both are Georgian citizens," Saakashvili was quoted as
      saying.

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