Posted on 07/20/2005 1:26:07 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
BREAKING NEWS: A man detained after a shootout is suspected of throwing a grenade during a rally where President Bush spoke, the Georgia Interior Ministry said.
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Lemme guess, he is a blonde haired, blue eyed Norweigian! No? Maori tribesman? No? Couldnt be a follower of Allah, could it?
Eisenhower said that it is impossible to completely protect the President. However, assassins should be made to pay.
Georgian police on Wednesday detained a man suspected of throwing a live grenade during a rally at which President Bush spoke in May, the Interior Ministry said. The capture came after a shootout in which one officer was killed and another wounded.
The shootout and detention occurred Wednesday evening in the village of Vashlisdzhvari, outside the capital, Tbilisi, ministry spokesman Guram Donadze told The Associated Press. The suspect fled into the woods but was later detained, Donadze said.
Rustavi-2 television showed pictures of a dark-haired man it described as the suspect being hustled into a car by police officers. It said he was wounded and identified him as Vladimir Arutyunov, in his late 20s.
The man lived in an eight-story apartment building with his mother, Rustavi-2 reported, citing neighbors as saying Arutyunov was unemployed. The report could not immediately be confirmed.
The police operation came two days after authorities released a photograph of a man suspected of throwing the grenade, which failed to explode, at a podium where Bush was speaking May 10 before tens of thousands of people.
President Mikhail Saakashvili also was on the podium when Bush spoke, raising the prospect that the grenade could have been directed at him.
Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili also had announced a reward of about $80,000 for information leading to the identification of the man, who was shown with dark hair and dark glasses.
Saakashvili, who came to power after the 2003 Rose Revolution that ousted Eduard Shevardnadze, has provoked enmity with his anti-corruption initiatives and insistence on restoring control over two separatist regions.
Bush spoke from behind bulletproof glass, addressing a huge crowd in a main Tbilisi square as part of a visit aimed at cementing relations between the United States and Georgia's new pro-Western leadership.
The grenade landed less than 100 feet from the podium but did not explode. A preliminary investigation indicated the grenade malfunctioned, the FBI said.
Wrong on all counts. Its a one legged, vegetarian lesbian with speech impediment and learning disability who was greatly hurt by the Bush tax cuts.
I wonder how often a grenade just fails to explode. What's the failure rate?
What are the chances that an assassin gets into range of the President? What are the chances that said assassin then throws a grenade fairly close to where the President is standing? And then what are the chances that that grenade would be a dud?
Add up all he improbables and the probabillity of the event happening as it did is pretty darn slim, is my guess.
Send him to gitmo!
Was thinking the same thing--islamic.
Actually, his photo is here...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162820,00.html
Georgia has allowed thousands of Islamic jihadies to cross its territory for the past 14 years on their way to Russia's Chechnya.
Givine that this person is not in the US I am betting he did not receive any local variation of a Miranda Warning. And a confession will be coming in short order. They do not fool around there and probably give a more thorough "tune-up" then your local auto repair shop.
From the article: "...identified him as Vladimir Arutyunov, in his late 20s."
But don't let facts get in the way of knee-jerk responses.
"...Vladimir Arutyunov, in his late 20s. The man lived in an eight-story apartment building with his mother, Rustavi-2 reported, citing neighbors as saying Arutyunov was unemployed...."
Well, there you have it. It's Bush's Own Fault! If he were more of a Globalist and truly cared about every Citizen of the World, this young man would have a job and wouldn't be disgruntled and lobbing grenades around! /sarcasm
Makes you wonder if all dem public words bout God had something to do with the grenade not going off.
Though halfway 'round the world, a DUmmie?
Oh, c'mon! It was a joke and you know it...
"...identified him as Vladimir Arutyunov, in his late 20s."
Russian ethnic. Probably a loon. Probably upset with Georgia's closer ties to US to the perceived detriment of Russia.
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