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Nice to know it's not just the American judicial system that's capable of blinding incompetance.
Star-Tribune:
Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster who jumped bail and disappeared
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS , Associated Press
Last update: July 1, 2010 - 11:56 AM
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Red-faced authorities in Cyprus searched airports, ports and yacht marinas Thursday in a hunt for a suspected Russian spy-ring paymaster who vanished after being allowed to walk free on bail.
Police also examined surveillance video from crossing points on the war-divided island, fearing that the suspect may have slipped into the breakaway north of the island, a diplomatic no-mans-land recognized only by Turkey.
Justice Minister Loucas Louca admitted that a judge's decision to release Christopher Robert Metsos "may have been mistaken" (ya think!?!?) but said authorities were examining leads on his possible whereabouts.
"We have some information and we hope that we will arrest him soon," Louca told reporters Thursday, without elaborating.
Metsos, 54, is wanted in the United States on charges that he supplied money to the spy ring that operated under deep cover in America's suburbs. Ten other spy suspects were arrested in the U.S. on Sunday and nine of them faced bail hearings later Thursday. A tenth suspect has already been denied bail and is being detained in the U.S.
Metsos' disappearance is a major embarrassment to Cyprus. The eastern Mediterranean island favored by tourists used to be a hotbed of Cold War intrigue, as spies converged at the crossroads of three continents — Europe, Africa and Asia. Authorities have promised to do everything possible to find the suspect who claimed he was a tourist traveling on a Canadian passport.
A man in Canada says the passport stole the identity of his dead brother.
Metsos was arrested Tuesday in Cyprus on an Interpol warrant while waiting to board a flight for Budapest, Hungary, but a Cypriot judge freed him on euro27,000 ($33,000) bail. Metsos failed to appear Wednesday for a required meeting with police, igniting the manhunt.
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Nice to know it's not just the American judicial system that's capable of blinding incompetance.
Star-Tribune:
Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster who jumped bail and disappeared
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS , Associated Press
Last update: July 1, 2010 - 11:56 AM
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Red-faced authorities in Cyprus searched airports, ports and yacht marinas Thursday in a hunt for a suspected Russian spy-ring paymaster who vanished after being allowed to walk free on bail.
Police also examined surveillance video from crossing points on the war-divided island, fearing that the suspect may have slipped into the breakaway north of the island, a diplomatic no-mans-land recognized only by Turkey.
Justice Minister Loucas Louca admitted that a judge's decision to release Christopher Robert Metsos "may have been mistaken" (ya think!?!?) but said authorities were examining leads on his possible whereabouts.
"We have some information and we hope that we will arrest him soon," Louca told reporters Thursday, without elaborating.
Metsos, 54, is wanted in the United States on charges that he supplied money to the spy ring that operated under deep cover in America's suburbs. Ten other spy suspects were arrested in the U.S. on Sunday and nine of them faced bail hearings later Thursday. A tenth suspect has already been denied bail and is being detained in the U.S.
Metsos' disappearance is a major embarrassment to Cyprus. The eastern Mediterranean island favored by tourists used to be a hotbed of Cold War intrigue, as spies converged at the crossroads of three continents — Europe, Africa and Asia. Authorities have promised to do everything possible to find the suspect who claimed he was a tourist traveling on a Canadian passport.
A man in Canada says the passport stole the identity of his dead brother.
Metsos was arrested Tuesday in Cyprus on an Interpol warrant while waiting to board a flight for Budapest, Hungary, but a Cypriot judge freed him on euro27,000 ($33,000) bail. Metsos failed to appear Wednesday for a required meeting with police, igniting the manhunt.
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A potential disaster of a terrorist attack in Cyprus was thwarted, and the investigation led to the capture of a Hezbollah agent who'd collected data on Israeli flights to the island: Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, one of the suspects in a thwarted terrorist...
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Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos: Turkey Destroys Religious Heritage in Occupied Cyprus From Will at The Other News: Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II has indicted Turkey for the destruction of holy sites in the northern Turkish occupied areas of...
- The Vatican Speaks Out On The Jihad Against Christians In The Middle East
Sadly, though, the Vatican is also attempting to negotiate with Muslims. Has that ever, in history, worked? Ever? From the Associated Press: NICOSIA, Cyprus – The Vatican said Sunday that the international community is ignoring the plight of Christians...
- Pope Introduced To An Old Ottoman Custom On Eve Of Trip To Turkey
On November 28 Pope Benedict XVI will begin his much-discussed trip to Turkey. In anticipation of that event, the pontif recently received an important visit from President Papadopoulos of the [Greek] Republic of Cyprus. [Translated from the original...
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