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Turkey seizes âkey bomb suspectâ
Turkish police say they are holding a key suspect with alleged links to international terrorism over last monthâs bomb attacks in Istanbul. Press reports name him as Adnan Ersoz and say he is one of the leaders of a cell which planned the suicide attacks. They also allege that Mr Ersoz met al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden to receive instructions about the bombings. Ah, one of the guys who says he met Binny. A written statement by the Turkish police says that the suspect was captured on Monday as he tried to enter Turkey. Coming back, was he? Getting ready for a new attack, or did he forget his toothbrush. It says he told interrogators that a local structure had been established with links to "an international terrorist organisation". Guess who? It adds that the suspect said this international organisation provided military and political training abroad, as well as money to carry out the attacks. The statement said the suspect was the link-man with the organisation. A controller, wonderful. Break out the good truncheons. The police did not mention any names, and declined to confirm media reports identifying the man as Adnan Ersoz. I donât recall his name popping up before. The Anatolia news agency said Mr Ersoz was taken to the State Security court on Friday for interrogations. Olympic gold medal winning truncheon team. The mass-circulation Hurriyet daily claimed that Mr Ersoz was trained in al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and received the order for the four bombings directly from Osama Bin Laden. Directly, you say? Weâll need date, time and GPS locations. Several media reports claim that Mr Ersoz confirmed that the cellâs first target was a Turkish military base used by the US in southern Turkey, but that tight security there led to the choice of softer targets. Looks like they have confirmation from several sources. Turkish police have so far detained about 30 people in connection with the suicide attacks. They include one of the alleged bomb makers, but three men identified by the media as co-leaders of the local cell, together with Adnan Ersoz, are believed to be abroad. Last we heard, they had skipped to Iran. Additional material from Turkish press news: Istanbul Anti-Terrorism office said on Friday that one person who was claimed to provide the connection between an international terrorist organization and the structure formed in Turkey in connection with that organization was captured. Recalling that operational studies started following the four bomb attacks in Istanbul, Istanbul Anti-Terrorism office said that ââa member of the terrorist organization whose connection with the captured persons was detained when he entered the country by airway on December 15, 2003. Theyâve had him since Monday, excellent. In his interrogation, the captured person said that a structure was formed in Turkey in connection with an international terrorist organization, he was abroad to provide the connection between that structure and the terrorist organization. The persons who were within that structure received military and political training by that terrorist organization abroad and the activities were financed by the international terrorist organization, he noted.ââ Singing like a bird. IMAM WHO TAKES ORDERS FROM LADEN CAPTURED Adnan Ersoz, one of people who plotted Istanbul bomb attacks, was captured. It was stated that Ersoz was trained in Al Qaida camps and personally received instruction for international terrorist Osama Bin Laden to ââbombââ mentioned sites. Ersoz, one of members of organization named ââImamsââ is being interrogated for three days. Styling themselves "Imams", how holy. Posted by: Steve 2003-12-19 |
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