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| Turk has sound political reasons to blame al-Qaeda |
| 2003-12-02 |
| It would make good political sense for Turkey to stress al-Qaeda and not Hezbollah for these four acts of terrorism. Not that it means much as al-Qaeda as the writer states is more an ideology then a movement now. Probably *someone* provided the manpower and money and al-Qaeda the expert. That *someone* I doubt the Turkish government will be rushing to find. The Turkish Government has given its strongest indication yet that it blames al-Qaeda for last month's bomb attacks. Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener said that the bombers and those related to them seem to be linked to Osama Bin Laden's network. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Mr Sener said that 21 people had been charged in connection with the bombing so far. Another 16 were still being questioned, in custody. He did not go into detail on the al-Qaeda connection - the government had previously named it as only "one of the possibilities". |
| Posted by:bernardz |
| #1 The BBC doesn't realize that there are a lot of secularists in Turkey (for example the entire officer core of the Army) who would like nothing better than to eradicate Hezbollah. Yes, there are Islamists of different shapes and sizes within the legislature, the mosques, etc. But the BBC's view of Turkey is almost as biased as their view of the US. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-12-2 8:03:09 AM |