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Debka: IBDA-C arrests
These appear to be the same folks with the AQ newspaper.Such nice fine lads... DEBKAfile discloses: The 10 suspects Turkey arrested in plot to blow up Israeli cruise ships belong to IBDA-C, the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders Front August 10, 2005, 3:08 PM (GMT+02:00) Jailed Turkish terror chief Mirzabeyoglu According to DEBKAfileâs exclusive counter-terrorist sources, the ten people detained in Turkey Wednesday, Aug 10, were part of an al Qaeda plot to ram fast rubber dinghies loaded with explosives into several Israeli cruise vessels docking in southern Turkish ports last weekend. The same IBDA-C group struck Jewish synagogues in Istanbul on November 15, 2003. The Israel liners were diverted to Cypus from their destination port of Antalya and Israelis warned to avoid that coast. Our sources add the link between the IBDA-C and al Qaeda goes back to 1998 when its leader Mirzabeyoglu and his followers were sent to prison. Between 50 and 70 escaped the country, splitting up between Afghanistan, Chechnya, Greece, Bosnia and Germany. In the first two countries, the fugitives joined up with al Qaeda and fought with them. In Bosnia, they received terrorist training; in Greece they exploited old connections in Greek intelligence to secure assistance. In the 1980s, when tensions were running high between Athens and Anakara, Greek intelligence used IBDA-C members for forays into Turkey. In Germany, the Turkish terrorists set up logistics and intelligence networks to support members operating in conjunction with al Qaeda. From the late 1990s, therefore, far from the gaze of western counter-terror and Turkish security authorities, the IBDA-C and al Qaeda quietly built up one of the most dangerous undercover terrorist networks operating today in Europe. Posted by: 3dc 2005-08-10 |
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