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Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II walks free from jail ... 'I am a messenger from God'
Daily Mail ^ | 1/18/10 | Mail Foreign Service

Posted on 01/18/2010 11:57:51 AM PST by Nachum

The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison today after more than 29 years behind bars

Mehmet Ali Agca said in a statement issued by a lawyer that he was a messenger of God and that the world will end in this century.

The 52-year-old waved to journalists as he left the prison in a convoy of several vehicles.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agca; assassinationplot; gunman; jail; pope; turkish; vatican

1 posted on 01/18/2010 11:57:52 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

maybe they have been correct to release him from prison (but only if he would have to spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital) i guess he belonged there from the first day anyway.


2 posted on 01/18/2010 12:02:07 PM PST by darkside321
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To: Nachum

It’s anyone’s guess whether the Soviet Union set up the assassination, or some other organization, or whether he was just plain crazy.

If the KGB arranged it, then he’d better watch his back, because he won’t be long for this world.


3 posted on 01/18/2010 12:05:38 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Nachum

Polonium ingestion alert...


4 posted on 01/18/2010 12:45:14 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Nachum
'I proclaim the end of the world. All the world will be destroyed in this century. Every [non-Muslim*] human being will die in this century'.

That's the intent.

*added

5 posted on 01/18/2010 2:19:36 PM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp (Be strip-searched by scanners. Buy ObamaCare or go to jail. What's not Totalitarian about that?)
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To: Nachum

Why has this guy not been executed? I find it hard to fanthom that he has served two prison terms, including one in Turkey. I guess Turkey gives longer sentences for narcotics smuggling (midnight express) than for murder.

Disgusting.


6 posted on 01/18/2010 3:13:30 PM PST by KingofZion
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To: Nachum

They should keep this Turkish “turd” faaaaaaaaar away from the Vatican. Far, far, far away.

What a disturbed individual. Released from prison (should be serving a life sentence or have been executed) and drops a bombshell of a comment like this? Who signed off on this screwball’s walking papers?

Maybe Libya will take him into their fold.


7 posted on 01/19/2010 12:46:51 AM PST by trollcrusher (Like a moon without a tide ...)
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