Will Grenade Suspect be Sent to the US ??

[Ani_]

ArmenPress
July 29 2005

GEORGIAN TIMES SAYS GRENADE SUSPECT MAY BE TAKEN TO USA


TBILISI, JULY 29, ARMENPRESS: The Georgian Times, an English-language newspaper published in a former Soviet Republic of Georgia claimed that Vladimir Harutunian, a man suspected in tossing a hand-grenade during the U.S. President Bush's public speech in Tbilisi on May 10, may be secretly transported to the USA by FBI agents.

The reason, according to the newspaper, is that FBI agents are getting increasingly frustrated with Georgian counterparts who cannot force Harutunian to reveal the motives behind his act and also his accomplices.

Another story in the newspaper claims that the Armenian lobbying
organizations in the USA may be behind the incident, saying the Armenian organizations are disappointed with president Bush's policy towards Iran. The Georgian Times says Armenia and Iran enjoy strong economic ties and Bush's anti-Iranian policy hits seriously the interests of US-based billionaires of Armenian descent.

http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg119625.html

[Ani_]

I was hoping that this would bring a couple of questions up for discussion.

One: Why wasn't the story of somebody trying to kill Bush a BIG news item? Why was it virtually ignored by the media?

Two: If this guy gets sent to the US, what questions will it raise as to his motivation? Will all of it still be hush-hush or will certain questions come to light?


Naturally, the Georgians are full of crap when they say the guy was expressing anger over Iran, that's lame.

[CatWoman]

I was hoping that this would bring a couple of questions up for discussion.

One: Why wasn't the story of somebody trying to kill Bush a BIG news item? Why was it virtually ignored by the media?

Two: If this guy gets sent to the US, what questions will it raise as to his motivation? Will all of it still be hush-hush or will certain questions come to light?


Naturally, the Georgians are full of crap when they say the guy was expressing anger over Iran, that's lame.

I think it wasn't a BIG news item because it was just an attempt... Bush wasn't harmed... not only that, but with the whole war in Iraq and many people opposing it in the country, they at least don't want to report the negative reaction to Bush from the outsiders. That will only make the opposing public more outraged towards the actions of the president and they don't want that. No person would like to have the kind of president whom people try to assassinate when he visits other countries...

But yeah, the Iran excuse was lame...

[KotayKoskesh]

This guy made me like Georgia again ...I used to hate georgians but now that one of them tried to kill Bush ...I love them :P

[Nemesis]

This guy made me like Georgia again ...I used to hate georgians but now that one of them tried to kill Bush ...I love them :P

Look at the guy's name...he's not Georgian, he's ARMENIAN.

[KotayKoskesh]

hahaha omg I hate georgians again and I love my countryeven more

[TomServo]

Yerevan pwns Tbilisi!

[loseyourname]

How the heck do you pronounce a tb? What kind of sound does that make?

[TomServo]

How the heck do you pronounce a tb? What kind of sound does that make?

Ummm... Tiflis?

Okay, here's what Wikipedia says:

Georgians pronounce Tbilisi with a barely-spoken 't', so that it almost sounds like "Bill-EE-see"; English speakers often mispronounce it like "Tib-LEE-see", but that is incorrect. The correct pronunciation is T*-bi-li-si. The "i" is pronounced as in machine. The "t*" is pronounced as english "t", but aspirated--with a puff of breath after the consonant sound. There is no voiced sound between the "t" and "b" in Tbilisi. Moreover, the Georgian language is unstressed. To approximate the correct pronunciation, English speakers should say t*-BI-li-si, with a light emphasis on the first syllable "BI."