Woman who fled after Iran's summer unrest tells of 'revenge' attack in Turkey

The Guardian ^ | 17 December 2009 | Robert Tait in Istanbul

[BlackVeil]

A woman who fled Iran after alleging that she had been raped in detention during its post-election upheaval has reported being physically attacked by Iranian agents while seeking refuge in Turkey.

Maryam Sabri, 21, says she was knocked to the ground, then kicked and punched by two men who approached her from behind. She suffered bruising to her legs and back and was robbed of her mobile phone. ... Sabri has reported the assault to the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) and requested she be moved to another location. She fears she was targeted in revenge for her allegations against the Iranian authorities, although Turkish police have ruled out a political motive. ... Sabri told the Guardian: "Two men were walking behind me and one of them tapped me on the shoulder. When I turned, one of them slapped me on the face so hard that I fell. Then they started kicking and punching me on the legs and body. They weren't targeting my face. I didn't get the chance to see their faces because it happened so quickly and it was already dark. But they were relatively tall, wearing dark clothes and long coats. They didn't say anything to me or to each other. They walked away quickly but calmly – they didn't run." ... Metin Corabatir, the UNHCR external affairs officer in Turkey, confirmed the incident but described it as "an ordinary crime". "The Asam people took the necessary action and their office didn't find any political motivation. It was just a street crime, according to what Asam found out from the police," he said.

But US officials are understood to have responded by pressing the commission to speed up Sabri's asylum application. ...

[BlackVeil]

There have been a number of stories like this from Iranian exiles. It may be significant that they stole her mobile phone. If this is a politically motivated assault (rather than ordinary theft) then they might take the mobile to try to work out with whom she is in contact.

[Islaminaction]

The Islamic world is just so wonderful and Turkey is no ally.

[BlackVeil]

There are a lot of Iranian exiles in Turkey, though. It is the easiest country for them to go to.

[ODDITHER]

There aren’t words to express the idiocy of the Democrats.

First they create a crisis that doesn’t exist and come up with a solution that makes the imaginary crisis into a real crisis and bankrupts us and because they are going to pass it on Christmas eve somehow that makes it OK?

Not only are they raping us, they are expecting us to thank them for it.

[BlackVeil]

I’m sure that’s true, but ... I think you are posting to the wrong thread!

[Islaminaction]

The way things are going nothing that is happening overseas will matter in the end. The enemy is here and the political aspect of Islam is slowly devouring Western civilization. The game plan must change.

[a_Turk]

An Afghan soldier listens to a Turkish army officer during military training under the rain at a Turkish commando training center in Egirdir, Isparta in southwestern Turkey, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Dozens of Afghan troops are undergoing training on explosives, mountain climbing and guerrilla warfare at a Turkish commando training center. Turkey, NATO's sole Muslim member, has refused to send additional troops to Afghanistan for combat operations but said it would increase training of Afghan security forces. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

More here.

[eleni121]

The parastate of Turkey and its Islamofascist genocidal hierarchy grabbed billions from the US during the cold war era and now kowtows to the mullahs.

[SunkenCiv]

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