Well, ok then.

Vladimir Arutyunyan, admitted grenadier who tried to kill Pres. Bush and Pres. Mikhail Saakashvili in the Georgian captial Tbilisi on 5/10/05 has favored the world with an explanation.

Reason for the attack: “I will tell you why I did it. Because Bush is a prick!”

Btw, the hand grenade he used was NOT defective, just wrapped too tightly in a cloth.

MosNews, 7/26/05.

Citizenship: Georgia; ethnicity: Armenian.

Comment by Hovakim:

The Georgian and Russian sources reported that a dog-eared copy of ‘The Day of the Jackal’ by Frederick Forsyth was found in his apartment. He is said to have been so poor that he supported himself by breeding and selling hamsters although his neighbors noticed he began to sport a cell phone and cash in his pockets lately.

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More vague speculation about motive from AP in The Moscow Times.com.

UPDATE 7/28/05:

Sergo Dzagnidze, chief of the criminal police department at the Interior Ministry, told The Associated Press that 5 gallons of sulfuric acid, several boxes of mercury thermometers, a centrifuge, a microscope and other devices and dangerous chemicals were found in the cellar.

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. . . The suspect said he hoped to kill Bush because he believed the U.S. leader was “interfering in Georgia’s internal affairs,'’ his lawyer said Tuesday.

Oneworld Multimedia Blog, 7/28/05 <- The Guardian.