Frogwatch wrote:
On Nov 11, 9:20 am, H the K wrote:
On 11/11/09 12:09 AM, jps wrote:





It's not for nothing that General George Casey warned against an
anti-Muslim backlash in the wake of the Fort Hood massacre. But a
whole slew of childlike nimrods, spurred to action by Casey vowing
that it would be "a shame if our diversity became a casualty," have
taken the stage to decry such concerns as "political correctness."
Michelle Malkin complained that this was worshiping "the false god of
diversity." Pat Robertson demanded that Muslims be treated as "members
of some fascist group." So much good sense, being made! And so,
naturally, the backlash Casey warned of has now expanded to include
Greek Orthodox priests.
Alexios Marakis, a Greek Orthodox priest visiting the U.S., got lost
in Tampa and tried to stop and ask directions from Marine reservist
Jasen D. Bruce. But instead of offering help, "Bruce struck the priest
on the head with a tire iron." The reservist believed Marakis, who
spoke limited English, was an Arab terrorist. Bruce chased the priest
for three blocks, "and even called 911 to say that an Arabic man tried
to rob him."
It gets even better... :{

Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest

By MATT SEDENSKY (AP) – 11 hours ago

TAMPA, Fla. — A Marine reservist accused of attacking a Greek Orthodox
priest with a tire iron after apparently calling him a terrorist was
actually defending himself after being sexually attacked by the cleric,
his defense attorney said Tuesday.

Jeff Brown said Lance Cpl. Jasen Bruce, 28, had been followed into the
parking garage of his Tampa apartment building about 6:30 p.m. Monday by
the Rev. Alexios Marakis, who then made sexual comments and grabbed the
reservist's genitals. Brown denounced the Tampa Police Department's
account of the incident as "one-sided" and "tainted."

"We are confident that the surveillance videos, the long 911 call, the
eyewitnesses will all conclusively show that Lance Cpl. Bruce was
attacked and was the victim in this case," Brown said.

But the Tampa Police report offered a far different account, saying
Marakis was lost when he followed Bruce into the garage and asked for
help, then was struck with the tire iron and chased several blocks. When
officers arrived, Bruce called Marakis a terrorist and said the priest
had shouted "Allahu akbar!" — Arabic for "God is great."

Tampa Police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said Bruce's charge of a sexual
advance was one of several explanations he offered when officers
arrived. "One was that he tried to rob him. The other was that he was an
Arab terrorist and shouted "Allahu akbar" and he explained that 'That's
what they say before they blow you up.' And then he said that he grabbed
his genitals and wanted to have sex with him. He gave various accounts
of what happened," she said.

Bruce was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and
released from jail on bond.

Marakis was treated at an area hospital and released.

Marakis, 29, is visiting from Crete, Greece, and had attended a blessing
just before the incident, according to police. Reached at St. Nicholas
Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tarpon Springs on Monday, he did not appear
to understand questions about the attack.

"I don't speak English. I don't speak English," he repeated.

Messages left for the spokesman for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
America were not immediately returned.

In a four-minute statement to the press, during which Bruce stood
silent, Brown referred to Marakis as a "bearded attacker" six times and
used his client's military rank 17 times, denying the very basis of the
police allegations.

Brown said Marakis made crude sexual comments in English but also spoke
a language his client didn't understand. He rejected a police assessment
of Bruce as uncooperative and portrayed the officer handling the case as
a "Marine basher" who should be the subject of an internal affairs
investigation. Bruce nodded when reporters asked if Marakis made sexual
comments and shook his head when asked if he had called the priest a
terrorist.

Ahmed Bedier, president of the Tampa Human Rights Council, called on
police to investigate the incident as a possible hate crime. He said he
had spoken to Marakis, who told him he was shocked by Bruce's
allegations, which he said were untrue.

"I did not even touch him," Bedier quoted Marakis as saying in broken
English.

Bedier said he worried the incident was backlash from the shootings last
week at Fort Hood, where Maj. Nidal Hasan is suspected in a rampage that
left 13 people dead 29 others wounded.

Marakis has a long beard and at the time of the incident had been
wearing a black clerical robe, both customary of Greek Orthodox priests.

"He perceived the guy to be Arab or a Muslim terrorist and he said that
to police, and he attacked him," Bedier said. "Before he could even say
anything, the guy grabbed the iron rod and hit him twice on the right
and twice on the left."

Marakis fell while running away, Bedier said the priest told him, and
when the Marine caught up with him, he hit him again.

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It somehow seems fitting the idiot was a marine.

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Dude. Islamic Jihadis kill thousands of Americans and one "muslim"
gets beat up and it's a serious backlash?

Harry the chicken heart will stop at nothing to denegrate our fighting
forces. One of these days he'll do it at the wrong time and the wrong
place and of course it will be taps time for the mighty chicken.