The Wolf and its prey
January 19, 1958 That Karol Wojtyla from the beginning of his mandate he wanted to bring down the Communist regime is not a mystery. And since communism has never been tender with his opponents seem natural that the Kgb opposed to this Bill so fierce, determined, much to tempt the resounding shot: kill the Pope. A shot that if he could he would be among the most striking of the century. The stakes were too high and the Kgb had no intention of exposing themselves in the spotlight, especially in anticipation of a possible failure, which fortunately happened. So the Soviet secret service agents turned to Bulgarian services, which made pressure on Turkish colleagues to find a killer willing to shoot the Pope. Ali Agca was designated for the purpose, a fanatical zealot, with the inclination to religious martyrdom and, reportedly, by mira infallible. The problem however was that Agca at that time resided in a maximum security prison. The secret service however there put anything to break him out then do it flow into the extreme right-wing organization called "Grey Wolves", already well known by Agca, led by the glowering Oral Celik. On behalf of the Organization in 1979 Agca you spot a hideous murder: the killing of defenceless Abdi Ipekçi, journalist and editor of the liberal newspaper "Milliyet". It's the May 13, 1981 when Ali Agca in Saint Peter's square is ready to fulfill his obscene gesture. Once you pull the trigger, but the bullet exploded from Turkish miraculously leave unscathed the vital organs of the Holy Father: the Pontiff affirmed with firm faith and convinced that the blow was deflected by the providential hand of our Lady of Fatima. The terrorist, born on January 19, 1958 in Yesiltepe in Turkey, in the province of Malatya on the borders of Kurdistan, is arrested and subjected to interrogation. On July 22, 1981, after three days of trial, the judges of the Court of Assizes, condemn Mehmet Ali Agca to life, based on the results of the proceedings, which clarify, contrary to what strenuously argued by the defence, all aimed at presenting Agca as a fanatic in the throes of delirium and looking for glory in the Muslim world, that the cowardly assassination attempt "was not the work of a maniac but he came prepared from subversive organization remained in the shadows. " The judges, however not try so meticulously by the plot, do not believe the insanity of Ali Agca or alleged mystical delirium. The terrorist, conscious of his position of total inferiority, waiver of appeal. The following year another resounding judgment comes crashing down upon the head of Agca: the Turkish National Security Council recognizes its responsibility in the assassination of journalist and condemns him to death. A subsequent amnesty, the result of the mysterious Turkish judicial mechanisms, however, to a penalty of only ten commutes years detention. Surprising everyone in 1982 Ali Agca defensive changes her story and begin to admit the existence of a Bulgarian track that would link the attempt on Pope John Paul II to Bulgaria's secret service. Emerges at last the name of the alleged accomplice, Oral Celik, who, according to Agca, would intervene in the event of bankruptcy. AGCA seems repentant, almost redeemed: her spirit seems cooperative and tended to solve the mysteries that surround it. On February 20, 1987 Pope John Paul II receives the mother and brother of Agca which ask you to intercede for the grace. Later the Pontiff will repeatedly visit his assailant in prison, moving in a series of talks that have demonstrated to the world the great humanity and the superb spiritual thickness of Karol Wojtyla. If grace still doesn't arrive, his good behavior in prison allows magistrates to further decrease the effort: the May 25, 1989 the Court of Ancona surveillance grants a reduction of 720 days imprisonment; the January 9, 1994 the reduction is other 405 days; the December 18, 1995 is 180 days. These measures allow you to shorten the term of 26 years in prison, granted them a Lifer may apply for conditional release. AGCA in September 1996 has again the question of grace, or, in the alternative, the atonement of his sentence in Turkey. On June 13, 2000 the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi grants grace: the next day Ali Agca is extradited from Italy and arrives in Istanbul. In Turkey, in the maximum security prison of Kartal, Ali Agca would have to serve 10 years for the murder of the journalist Abdu Ipekci but, on July 18, 2001, a Turkish Constitutional Court ruling prepares an enlargement of the crimes the Amnesty beneficiaries, for which Ali Agca could return to freedom. In January 2006, even for good behavior, Agca is released. Shortly after the Court of appeal, on appeal from the Turkish Justice Minister, decides for her return to prison. AGCA lose track of him, but in a few days the Zigiz the track and stops it without these resists. Is set free in January 2010.