Etu Brute?

A blueberry muffin for anyone who can find the small country of East Timor on the map.
Any takers?

The president of this newly formed country was shot by rebel leaders on February, and is just now getting out of a hospital in Australia. The assassination attempt involved an ambush in which a rebel leader attempted to kill the president, but only severely injured him with a shot to the head. (I guess that rebel leader isn't as good as Jason Bourne) And about two seconds later that incompetent rebel leader was dead, a victim of a bodyguard's bullet. They just don't train rebel leaders like they used to.

This topic had caught my eye when the president was first shot, (an attempt on the prime minister was foiled also) so when I saw this follow-up story, I naturally was curious on how the old man pulled through. You don't hear much about assassinations. Maybe the occasional, such as JFK, the attempt on Reagan (way to take the bullet, Brady), John Lennon, MLK Jr (his name is to long to type), Julius Caesar (Etu Brute?), and Franz Ferdinand (thats three blogs in a row when he has come up). At least in real life that is. Just today I watched a movie entitled HITMAN, with some sweet pistols making the T. This guy was all-that, he had his own sweet symbol, moved like Jackie Chan and James Bond combined, and had a bar code on the back of his head (That doesn't look suspicious.) Anyway, this guy took out like tons of people like it was nothing. He assassinated the President of Russia, and then assassinated the double of the president who was pretending to be the president (its even more confusing then it sounds.) It seems like our culture thinks its cool to be an assassin, with movie after movie based on the theme. Ever played the video game Assassin's Creed? Basically, you stab as many people in the back as you can.

Meanwhile, the president of East Timor is fully recovered and will be returning to the remote part of Indonesia that is now East Timor. Six years after their independence, the rebels are still fighting. Hopefully the president can survive and bring peace to this turbulent nation.


(Like that poetic ending that sounds so cliche?)