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TURKISH MELEE AT UN: "THEY ACTED LIKE THUGS"
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 28, 2011 - 20:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A brawl involving the Turkish Prime Minister has
been caught on camera inside the United Nations (UN) headquarters in
New York.
A brawl broke out between Turkish officials and U.N. security members
last Thursday after a misunderstanding led to the Turkish diplomats
being brought to the wrong area of the building. When U.N. security
said the diplomats couldn't enter, the Turkish security detail got
violent. In fact, there are allegations that the Turkish security
team even "elbowed" and "threw" female guards.
The New York Post explains: "Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's
security team members became aggressive after they were escorted to
the wrong floor during Thursday's session, sources tell us. After being
told they couldn't enter that area by UN security, they "pushed their
way onto the floor, screaming, shoving and stomping on UN security,"
witnesses said, as the group tried to push in to hear the debate
over Palestine.
A female UN security officer was elbowed in her chest and suffered
several bruises while a high-ranking uniformed officer was left
with bruised ribs. "They acted like thugs," said our source. "United
Nations security isn't allowed to use force, and the Turkish staff
had diplomatic immunity."
Another witness told us that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan - who made his first speech before the UN on Thursday, blasting
Israel for "building new barriers to peace" - was also present, and
one of his guards "picked up a female UN security officer and threw
her across the room, before UN security "jumped on" the Turkish guard."
The post has video of the incident, which captured the chaos
surrounding the incident.
The U.N. security officers were reportedly put on leave pending an
investigation, but allowed to return once the union protested, The
Blaze reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 28, 2011 - 20:47 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A brawl involving the Turkish Prime Minister has
been caught on camera inside the United Nations (UN) headquarters in
New York.
A brawl broke out between Turkish officials and U.N. security members
last Thursday after a misunderstanding led to the Turkish diplomats
being brought to the wrong area of the building. When U.N. security
said the diplomats couldn't enter, the Turkish security detail got
violent. In fact, there are allegations that the Turkish security
team even "elbowed" and "threw" female guards.
The New York Post explains: "Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's
security team members became aggressive after they were escorted to
the wrong floor during Thursday's session, sources tell us. After being
told they couldn't enter that area by UN security, they "pushed their
way onto the floor, screaming, shoving and stomping on UN security,"
witnesses said, as the group tried to push in to hear the debate
over Palestine.
A female UN security officer was elbowed in her chest and suffered
several bruises while a high-ranking uniformed officer was left
with bruised ribs. "They acted like thugs," said our source. "United
Nations security isn't allowed to use force, and the Turkish staff
had diplomatic immunity."
Another witness told us that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan - who made his first speech before the UN on Thursday, blasting
Israel for "building new barriers to peace" - was also present, and
one of his guards "picked up a female UN security officer and threw
her across the room, before UN security "jumped on" the Turkish guard."
The post has video of the incident, which captured the chaos
surrounding the incident.
The U.N. security officers were reportedly put on leave pending an
investigation, but allowed to return once the union protested, The
Blaze reported.