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| Deadly blasts hit Turkey hotels | |
| 2004-08-09 | |
Explosions have hit two Istanbul hotels early Tuesday, killing one person, Turkish police say. At least six other people have been injured in the blasts, police have said. The blasts went off about 1:40 a.m. at tourist hotels in two Istanbul neighborhoods. The two simultaneous explosions rocked the small hotels, which often host tourists from former Soviet republics. One of the targeted hotels, Pars, said it received an anonymous call only 10 minutes before the explosion saying there was a bomb in a room, The Associated Press reports. The other target, Holiday Hotel, is located in the Laleli district, home to inexpensive hotels and clothing stores catering to eastern European tourists. "It appears to be a terrorist attack," Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah told the Anatolia news agency.
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| Posted by:ed |
| #2 Relax, everybody, these were just large scale "honor killings." |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-09 23:41 |
| #1 I think we should remove all troops from Europe and disengage diplomatically and economically. The world's center of gravity has moved away from Europe and it will soon be one of this planet's backwaters. Let's be civil, but cold, to Europe as a whole. Deal with each country on a case by case basis and only to the extent it benefits the US. Let us never again send 300,000 Americans to die for Europe. Remove Most Favored Nation trade status and only import what there are no substitutes elsewhere (I can't think of any but a few drugs). Let them figure in our policy as much as the Seychelles. Since I think Muslims in the US will be deported before this religious war is over, I say deport them to Europe. Probably Belgium since they will go majority Muslim first. Let's help the process along by a few years. If Europeans wake up and fix their problems, then good for them. Otherwise, let them become |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-09 22:41 |