From Memri:
THE 2 MAJOR SUSPECTS INDICTED IN TURKEY FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE 2 JEWISH SYNAGOGUES AND THE HSBC BANK IN ISTANBUL ADMITTED IN COURT THAT THEY ARE MEMBERS OF AL QA'IDA AND THAT THEY GOT $150,000 FOR THE ATTACKS FROM A SYRIAN MEMBER OF AL QAEDA. THE SYRIAN ACTIVIST ARRANGED FOR THE MONEY, AND 50K CAME FROM EUROPE AND 100K CAME FROM IRAN. THE SUSPECTS ARE: ADNAN ARSUZ AND HARUN ILHAN. THE ACCOMPLICES ARE: YOUSEF BULAT (RENTED CAR FOR THE BANK BOMBING) AND HABIB IKTAS (FLED TO IRAQ AND WAS INVOLVED IN TURKISH WORKER KIDNAPPING IN THE LAST YEAR). (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 9/15/04) |