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Tue, 06 Jun 2006
Placing a bomb under an Afrika columnist's car.
A pissing contest has been going on in north Cyprus. Afrika newspaper, rightly so, has complained about what has happened and how, just like all the other cases of political bombings in north Cyprus, the latest event did not receive enough attention from the authorities (including the Turkish military/embassy/government). How it is being swept under the rug etc etc. It has become a pissing contest though. Pseudo-progressive (hey, I can use that silly term too!) columnists, associations tried to make excuses to diminish the importance of the event. Others who are pseudo-nationalist (there we go again with that term, heh heh!) turned on their usual "they must have planted the bomb themselves" rhetoric. During that time, ofcourse, Afrika forgotten the initial issue which was about freedom of press, basic human rights and concern for one's life simply for speaking out and picked up one more of its "coffe-shop debates" and begun attempting to start a fight. I am pasting the latest installment in the attachment as it was translated by RoC PIO. As usual, their translation is bordering absurdity if not utterly absurd.
AFRIKA challenges the Turkish generals in Cyprus to deny involvement in the bomb attacks against it
Turkish Cypriot daily AFR0KA newspaper (06.06.06) writes that the Turkish generals in Cyprus did not deny that they carried out bomb attacks against its offices and journalists. AFRIKA addresses a question to the General Staff asking them if these allegations are true.
The paper writes that the claims which were published in a magazine in Turkey that there was A MIT (National Intelligence Organization) finger regarding the attack at the Council of State were denied. However, the claims regarding the generals relations with the bombs at AFRIKA remained unanswered by the officials of the army, therefore the suspicions against the generals are increased.
The paper also writes that the silence on the part of the Generals who are under suspicion makes the public having various questions as regards the issue.
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