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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkish Police Uncover Plot To Bomb Synagogue |
| 2013-04-13 |
| [Jpost] US Embassy also a target of al-Qaeda plot, 'New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... ' reports; Turkish police arrest 12 in connection with plot. Turkish police uncovered a plot linked to al-Qaeda to bomb a synagogue in Istanbul, the US embassy in Ankara and other targets, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Twelve people were tossed in the slammer Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! during a raid on two houses in Istanbul and Corlu in February, according to the Times. Eight of them were Turks, two were Chechens and two were Azeris. According to reports, the Turkish police seized nearly 50 pounds (22.6 kilograms) of plastic explosives with detonation systems, six laptops and other evidence. Documents found on the computers, including photographs and floor plans, revealed preparations for kabooms on a synagogue in the Balat district of Istanbul, the US embassy and the Rahmi M. Koc Museum. Turkish police said it was tracking an al-Qaeda man that arrived in the city of Tekirdag two years ago after receiving military training in Afghanistan. The surveillance on him led to the February raid. In February, a Turkish leftist group bombed the US Embassy in Ankara and caused the death of a Turkish security guard. The attacker went kaboom!inside US property, blowing the door off a side entrance and sending smoke and debris flying into the street. The most serious bombings of this kind in Turkey occurred in November 2003, when boom-mobiles shattered two synagogues, killing 30 people and wounding 146. Authorities said the attack bore the hallmarks of al-Qaeda. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Could we call it encouraging the Turks are arresting people for wanting to kill Jews? I hope so. Every country needs to understand that if you allow this vermin to do their work eventually they will turn on you. Look at Syria. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-04-13 13:20 |