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Turkey arrests over 50 suspected IS members ahead of national holiday
[AlAhram] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... over 50 alleged members of the 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.... (IS) Death Eater group on Saturday, some of whom were suspected of planning an attack on Turkey's national holiday on Sunday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Most of the arrests were made in the capital Ankara, where 49 suspects were picked up a day before celebrations across the country for the 94th anniversary of Republic Day. Another four people were arrested in Istanbul's commercial district, suspected of preparing an attack in the name of IS, the Anadolu agency reported. A homemade bomb was found in their car, according to the Dogan news agency which reported that one of the suspects was injured during the arrests. Anadolu reported that Turkey has been hit by several bloody attacks blamed on IS bully boyz over the past two years, including a New Year attack this year on an elite Istanbul nightclub by an IS gunman, during which 39 people were killed. There has been a lull in attacks since, but tensions remain high and Posted by: trailing wife 2017-10-29 |
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