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Turkish police detain 40 suspects in Konya and Adana over ISIL links
[Hurriyet] Turkish anti-terrorism officers on Aug. 26 detained 40 Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) suspects in the Central Anatolian province of Konya and the southern province of Adana, a police source has told the state-run Anadolu Agency. According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, police also seized several documents from the suspects. Half of the suspects are being held in Konya and the other half are being held in Adana. The move comes after the Turkish army and U.S.-led coalition forces launched military operations early on Aug. 24 in northern Syria to push ISIS away from territory on the border. Three soldiers wounded after mortar shell from Syria lands in southern Turkey [Hurriyet] A mortar shell from Syrian territory landed in the Yayladagi district of the southern Turkish province of Hatay on Aug. 26, wounding three soldiers. The maimed soldiers, who were patrolling on a field when the shell fell, were taken to a nearby hospital. Sources say the shell likely came from festivities over the border between Syrian regime forces and local Turkmen forces. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-08-27 |
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