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Turkey court rejects US pastor Andrew Brunson release appeal
[Al Jazeera] A A high court in Izmir said on Friday Brunson would stay under house arrest, upholding a decision taken by a lower court earlier this week. Brunson's lawyer said he would appeal again in 15 days. The clergyman has been held since 2016 when he was tossed in the calaboose Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! in a The court ruling comes amid a diplomatic spat between ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire.... and the US that has seen tariffs from both sides pile up and an exchange of threats of further sanctions. On Friday, "We've already responded based on the World Trade Organization rules and will continue to do so," Pekcan was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency. On Thursday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested during a cabinet meeting that the next spiral of tit-for-tat sanctions was coming soon, deepening the spat that has rattled financial markets. "We have put sanctions on several of their cabinet members," said Mnuchin. "We have more that we are planning to do if they don't release him quickly." Earlier, US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... prefaced Mnuchin's remarks by saying that Turkey had not been a very good friend to the US. He later tweeted that the clergyman was a "great patriot" being held "hostage". Posted by: Fred 2018-08-18 |
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