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November 11, 2009

Anti-Arab Marine Reservist Assaults Greek Priest
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In Florida, a Marine reservist has been arrested after allegedly
attacking a Greek Orthodox priest he mistook to be of Arabic descent.
The priest, Alexios Marakis, had gotten lost in Tampa, when he tried to
ask for directions. The reservist, Jasen Bruce, allegedly struck Marakis
with a tire iron and then called police to say an Arabic man had tried
to rob him. Bruce later told police Marakis was an “Arab terrorist.”
Police say Bruce “teared up” when they told him Marakis was actually a
Greek priest.



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