Posted on 11/27/2008 4:01:24 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
MUMBAI: When faced with a volley of gunshots, while sipping coffee at the Oberoi Hotel on Wednesday night, Ali Arpaciouglu, a Turkish citizen on a business trip to Mumbai, chose to escape through the hotel kitchen and down a flight of stairs that opened onto the road outside. This was probably one of the best decisions he took. On the other hand, his business partner, Meltem Muezzinoglu, and her husband, Seyfi, both Turks, when faced with the same situation, decided to dash out of the restaurant and head upstairs instead. When terrorists laid siege to the hotel, the Muezzinoglus were held hostage.
"I was in the Indian restaurant at the Oberoi on Wednesday night, when we heard a couple of gunshots. This was followed by another round of shots,'' said Arpaciouglu. Diners ducked under their seats in panic. "One of the hotel staff, a lady whose hand had been wounded in the firing, led a group of us to safety. Though she was bleeding, she took charge of the situation, and led us out of the restaurant, to safety.''
The Muezzinoglus, however, found themselves in a hostage situation, along with a group of foreigners. That night, they shared a room with three foreigners - all women. Two machine-gun-wielding terrorists stood guard over them the whole night.
All the hostages were asked to reveal their religion. When the Muezzinoglus said they were Muslims, their captors told them that they would not be harmed. The other three Caucasian women were removed from the room next day, and the terrorists informed the Muezzinoglus that they had been shot.
Arpaciouglu kept in touch with his friends all through the hostage crisis, up until the time they were released the next day. While the hostages allowed the couple to make one phone call to Arpaciouglu at 3am, for the rest of the day, they relied on text messages. The couples' final messages read: `Soldiers are here now. Soldiers found us'.
Arpaciouglu said, "I hope I'll never have to relive this experience.''
Islamonazi selection. Some are entitled to live, others to die.
Do I detect some “profiling” going on here??? /sarc
Would have been nice if the piece did its job and could tell us what religion the caucasian women stated they were to the muslim terrorists.
Meanwhile in a country of Muslims (99 percent Muslims)..
Gee, I wonder if Gul ever released his birth certificate. He did become president and the Islamist watch continues.
Maybe next time the Islamists will ask if the Turks had ever participated in or supported anti-Islamist protests.
It’s comforting to know that Obama will be safe should he find himself in a hostage situation isn’t it?
that’s discriminatory, right?
/s
Probably more likely let go due to being Turk
no, the Muslim bit is the key
They asked them what their religion was, not their nationality.
The religion of peace goes on a mission trip to spread the word.
Unfortunately, there are still plenty of people who believe the asinine media, as evidenced by that travesty of an election earlier this month.
This is why you carry a little prayer card around and memorize some basic bs. It’s akin to being the German in Saving Private Ryan who learns to sing the national anthem and mention Betty Grables gams. He lived so he could rejoin his unit and go back to killing the enemy. That’s why you do whatever it takes to live. If I traveled around the world for a living I’d have my second passport and prayer card stat.
btt
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