Do not forget the murderers... [ 1549 ]

1.- Solomos Solomou and Tasos Isaac:Two Christians murdered by  Muslim Turks

Solomos Solomou (Greek: Σολωμός Σολωμού) (1970 - 14 August 1996), was a Greek Cypriot refugee who died after being shot five times [1], while trying to climb the pole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast,[2] in the aftermath of the funeral of his cousin Tassos Isaac, who was also killed by Grey Wolves[3] a few days earlier

Following the funeral of Tassos Isaac who was beaten to death by a Turkish mob in the UN buffer zone three days earlier, a group of unarmed Greek Cypriots re-entered the area where Isaac was murdered in order to demonstrate against his unlawful killing.

Among these demonstrators was Solomou who was a second cousin of Isaac.[4]. At around 2:20 pm, Solomou distanced himself from the rest of the demonstrators and walked towards a Turkish military post in Dheryneia. With a cigarette in his mouth, Solomou climbed the flag pole with the intention of removing the Turkish flag but was shot by Turkish snipers three times; in the mouth, in the neck and in the stomach.[2] 

The whole scene was taped by bystanding journalists and was seen on live television. Solomou's funeral was held on the 16th of August in Paralimni, among thousands of people and an official Cypriot day of mourning.

A few days after the killings of Isaac and Solomou, the then Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Simitis came to Cyprus and together with the then President of Cyprus, Glafcos Clerides visited the homes of the families of the two cousins.

On her part, the then Turkish Foreign Minister, Tansu Ciller who also visited Cyprus (the occupied north) a few days after Isaac and Solomou were killed, addressed a rally saying that Turks would "break the hands" of anyone who insulted their flag.

   2.- Identify the Murderers of Solomos Solomou

Below are some photographs  Electronically Enhanced of the Murderers of Solomos Solomou. (please be patient for them to load in)

Bellow is a picture of the building where Solomou was shot from. Solomou is shown a quarter of the way up the flag pole, closely perused by UN peace-keepers.
	Standing on the balcony (in the red oval) is Kenan Akin, from Turkey, the so-called minister of agriculture, forests and energy of the illegal occupation regime, who is pointing a pistol in the direction of Solomou. Left is an enlargement of this section.
	In the window that I have circled is another Turkish Soldier. His Identity is Unknown to me. On the left I have enlarged and Computer Enhanced the image. This is a link to the original picture of the Building

This is another picture of the same balcony taken from the Video Coverage. The people standing on the balcony Include, the then Commander of the Turkish occupation forces, Lieutenant General Hassan Kundaci, the Commander of the 28th division of the occupation army, Major General Mehmet Karli, the Chief of the so-called Turkish Cypriot police Attila Saab, and Kenan Akin.

Erdal Emanet commander of the so-called security forces in the occupied areas has also been identified as present when Solomos Solomou was killed after 5 shots were pumped into his the Head, Heart, Lungs, and Legs. The sequence above which was taken from the Video Coverage shows a Turkish Soldier carrying a walkytalky crouching down into a position so as to fire shots into Solomou after he was felled. An acomplice could possibly be standing in the dooway next to him.

"The father of Solomos Solomou, the Greek-Cypriot civilian murdered in cold blood last summer, has declared a 10,000 cypriot pounds reward for information leading to the arrest of his son's assassin, Turk-Cypriot Kenan Akin, a so-called "minister" in Rauf Denktash's regime.


Mr. Stavros Solomou decided to proceed to this action, when Akin insolently called his victim a "dog."


The disconsolate father stated that he will accept monies in order to raise the amount of the reward."





Help Identify these Criminals who either Murdered or are protecting the Murderers of Solomos Solomou.

European Parliament Resolution on the Situation in Cyprus

NASA image of yesterday's, July 29th ..[ 1548 ]

The latest NASA "Image of the Day" image.

Hurricane Celia

Perfectly circular, powerful Hurricane Celia spaned hundreds of miles over the Pacific Ocean in this image from June 24, 2010. 

Rough-textured clouds surround the storm’s distinct eye. Farther from the center of the storm, spiral arms appear thinner and smoother. 

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Celia at 1:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on June 24, 2010. Just five minutes later, the U.S. National Hurricane Center classified Celia as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 135 miles per hour. 

Image Credit: NASA

Πέμπτη, 29 Ιούλιος 2010 7:00:00 πμ

Japan, damaged oil tanker..[ 1547 ]

Mitsui releases photos of damaged oil tanker

(Mainichi Japan) July 30, 2010

Shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has released photographs of its M. Star oil tanker, which was damaged in what is believed to be an explosion near the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman.
The pictures suggest that there was a powerful blast outside the ship. A lifeboat mounted on its starboard deck was apparently blown away by the force of the blast, while the door of the ship's bridge on its rear starboard side was damaged, exposing insulation materials in the walls and the ceiling inside the room. Another photo shows the window frames of the dining room scattered on tables.

In this photo taken on July 29, 2010, a lifeboat mounted on the starboard side of the M. Star oil supertanker is missing. (Photo courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

"The area around the door was not wet, and it is unlikely that a wave caused the damage," said a company official, denying a media report that a tsunami from an earthquake in Iran caused the accident.

In this photo taken inside the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' M. Star oil supertanker on July 29, 2010, the door leading to the upper deck is seen damaged by the blast and the walls of the room have collapsed. (Photo courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

According to the shipping company, however, no burning odor was reported nor has it detected any possible cause of the explosion around the damaged area of the vessel. After the blast a crew member saw a flash of light on the horizon, but no one heard a discharge sound, the official added.

In this photo taken inside the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' M. Star oil supertanker on July 29, 2010, the window frames of the dining room on the starboard upper deck are scattered on the tables. (Photo courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

The shipping company has dispatched a fact-finding team to the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, where the supertanker is docked, and is investigating the cause of the incident in collaboration with the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Japan Maritime Association) and U.S. and British navel forces.

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Forest fires in central Russia..[ 1546 ]

	Forest fires in central Russia
	MOSCOW, July 30 (Itar-Tass) -- Forest fires resulting from record-high and long heatwave and drought quickly spread in central Russia because of strong wind on Thursday and destroyed nearly 500 wooden houses forcing rescuers to launch mass evacuation of people. The emergency department of Nizhni Novgorod region said fires swept away the village of Upper Vereya in less than an hour destroying all the 341 wooden buildings. All the 580 residents of Upper Vereya were evacuated. “There are no victims and all the people have been accommodated in two school buildings in the town of Vyksha,” a spokesman of the emergency service said. Houses were also on fire in the village of Tamboles with 308 residents and 205 buildings. Evacuation is underway. Twelve out of 34 houses were also on fire in the village of Borkovka and residents were evacuated. The emergency service said additional firefighting teams from neighboring regions have been dispatched. In Voronezh region raging fires killed a fireman raising the death toll to two, spokeswoman of the Russian Emergency ministry Irina Andiranova said. Authorities had to bloc traffic on a 100-kilometer section of the Don highway in Voronezh region as surrounding forests were on fire and the smoke reduced visibility to 50 meters. Fires have surrounded Voronezh outskirts from the north, west and south. Rescuers evacuated over 600 children from summer camps and patients of a hospital. Twenty wooden residential houses were burnt down. Local emergency service said over 600 hectares of forests were on fire in the past week and close to 50 houses were destroyed. In Volgograd region forest fires rage on a territory of 200 hectares, however the threat to four residential settlements with 500 residents was eliminated, local emergency service spokeswoman Yelena Rodionova said. Strong wind aggravated the situation with peat fires in three eastern/southeast districts around Moscow – Yegoryevsk, Kolomna and Shatura, Viktor Klimkin, deputy chief of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry’s Moscow branch said on Thursday night. “Because of the wind these blazes are moving to the category of crown fires from ground fires,” he said. Klimkin said the fires do not pose an immediate threat for Moscow. In the meantime, the Russian Railways Company (RZD) warned raging forest fires may bloc rail traffic to the southeast. RZD said it may find it necessary to introduce changes in the schedules “to ensure the security of traffic and safety of passengers.”

Armenians killed and driven out of Turkey in 1915,,[ 1545 ]

Armenian-Americans sue Turkey, banks over losses

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Armenian-Americans have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Turkish government and two major Turkish banks for alleged damages dating back nearly a century.

Genocide:

972000 Armenians disappeared from the population lists in 1915 in Turkey

Attorneys say heirs of Armenians killed and driven out of Turkey in 1915 are entitled to billions of dollars for property seized from their ancestors. They are seeking class-action status for the case filed Thursday.

Attorneys say the case is the first Armenian lawsuit directly naming the Turkish government as a defendant. Also named are the Central Bank of Turkey and T.C., Ziraat Bankasi. E-mails to both banks were not immediately returned.

The lawsuit says the property taken includes businesses, bank deposits and vast amounts of land. Lawyers say some priceless artifacts seized are now on display in Turkish museums.

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