YFred wrote:Reports said it took the Turkish Cypriots almost two hours – 7.30am to 9.20am – to check the first two buses carrying some 40 pilgrims.
Iacovou said the manner with which the authorities carried out their checks led to delays when discrepancies appeared on the list of passengers in the first bus.
He said some of the names on the lists did not correspond exactly with the names on the pilgrims’ identity cards and, from what Downer had told him, there were people on the bus that were not on the list.
“It is clear … that you cannot check 700 people one by one, in an area where the road is 1.5 to two metres wide, without shade,” Iacovou said.
The Turkish Cypriot side said it took all measures for all 27 buses to go through in less than 30 minutes with 27 people – one for each bus – standing by to crosscheck the names on the lists with the passengers’ identity cards.
Two buses showed up at 7.30am, despite the Turkish Cypriots being told that the service would start at that time and them being ready since 5.30am.
According to Ozdil Nami, senior aide to Talat, the identity checks were through in less than 15 minutes and 13 people whose names were not on the list were asked to step off the buses while the remaining passengers were told that they were free to pass through.
But the rest of the passengers refused and returned in protest.
Two more buses approached the crossing at around 10am but their passengers this time refused to hand over their identity cards and retuned back, the Turkish Cypriot side said.
“We did everything we could. If 27 buses had arrived all processes would have been done in 15 minutes,” Nami told the Cyprus Mail.
You see the truth will always come out in the end. If it went according to plan the lot would have gone through in 15 minutes is the Turkish claim if they turned up when they were supposed to.
Few questions:
Is it that difficult to get the peoples names on the list right?
Who were the people on the busses that were not on the lists?
Why were they omitted from the list?
And finally why were they being smuggled in? What was their mission?
As far as I am aware, smuggling of people is illegal in law.
I smell a rat. A big fat juicy rat.
Where the hell was Mr Iavocu when GCs used to hold us in busses for unto 6 hours in the heat of August? How right was that?
How can you make such a statement about smuggling people. When the TRNC as you call it is an illegal puppet state. How can you make out you follow international law when you clearly dont.
Stop talking rubbish. TC's expect GC's to give all the time how about you finally give a little back by letting our people go to a church service without hinderence.
It says "no individual checks" would be carried out not that none would be. 
Reh Kibroyerro, eese chakos reh.
