Bush Grenade Suspect Pleads Guilty
According to Mosnews, the suspect arrested after a shootout with Georgian police in Tbilisi has pleaded guilty and said he would do it again if the opportunity arose. However, given that journalists have not been allowed into the hospital where Harutyunyan is recovering from “light wounds,” I have to admit that such detailed information is not desirable.
Doctors said he was ready to commit another terrorist attack against Bush and his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgia’s deputy health minister, Irakly Giorgobiani, was quoted by RIA-Novosti as saying. He did say, however, that Arutyunyan’s mental state could have been affected by his injuries.
Instead, I’m waiting for word from the U.S. intelligence services who while not participating in the operation are reported to “have monitored it closely.”
FBI officials have already visited Tbilisi’s Republican Hospital and met the suspect. He killed a policeman in a shootout, wounded another officer and himself received three bullet wounds that are not life-threatening. Within a few hours, Arutyunyan will be sent to a prison hospital. U.S. forces did not take part in the detention operation, but monitored it closely.
The full item can be read online here.
