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Yusuf Polat fesses up
A Turkish man who allegedly played a central role in a suicide truck bombing attack on an Istanbul synagogue has confessed to having ties with the al-Qaeda terrorist network, Turkish newspapers reported yesterday.
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The man, whom police said was captured last week while trying to slip into Iran, has been charged with trying to overthrow Turkeyâs "constitutional order" - a crime equivalent to treason. He is accused of having given the order to carry out the November 15 truck bombing of the Beth Israel synagogue - one of four suicide attacks in Istanbul that killed 61 people. Police have not identified the man, but nearly all major Turkish newspapers said the man was Yusuf Polat. The leading daily Milliyet and other newspapers said Polat had confessed to belonging to a 10-man cell that he said was an extension of the al-Qaeda network.
A subsidiary, donât ya know?
Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-12-01 |
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