And the American media sugarcoats it

Matthew Hoy
By Matthew Hoy on April 22, 2007

In the post below I note that the three Christians murdered in Turkey were tortured before their deaths.

When the American media reports developments in the case, that fact is never mentioned.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Eleven suspects in the slayings of three Christians at a publishing house in eastern Turkey were charged with murder Sunday, court officials said.

The three victims -- one German and two Turkish men -- were tied up and had their throats slit on Wednesday at a publishing house in the town of Malatya that was at the center of protests by some nationalists because it distributed Bibles.

A local court in Malatya was expected to formally arrest and jail the 11 suspects later Sunday, court officials said. No trial date has been set yet.

A 12th suspect, who tried to escape from police by jumping from a fourth floor balcony at the scene of he killings on Wednesday, remains hospitalized and is expected to be charged later. Hospital officials said he was in stable condition and was improving.

And the kicker is that these murderers are described as "nationalists" instead of Islamic terrorists. Generally "nationalists" don't care so much about religion.

Always so eager to point out instances of torture (real or perceived) by Americans, and not a word about Islamic terrorists and their vicious tortures.

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