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The Grand Turk
Three Saudis, one Russian arrested near Turkey's Syrian border
2015-03-27
[Hurriyet Daily News] Three Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
n citizens and one Russian citizen were jugged
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
on March 25 in the southeastern province of Gaziantep province before entering Syria, local officials have said.

The Russian citizen, identified by middle initials of S.D., was arrested for trying to illegally cross the border into Syria and with intentions of joining the ongoing civil war in the country, the Gaziantep Governor's office said in a statement. Three Saudi Arabian citizens, identified as A.H.A.A, F.S.S.Z. and H.A.H.A, were separately arrested in the Karkamis district as they had also tried to illegally cross the border into Syria, Anadolu Agency reported.

The Russian citizen has already been deported from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
, while the three Saudi Arabian citizens will be deported once the administrative process is completed, the statement said.

In the past four years, a total of 471 people, including 173 Turkish citizens, have been caught illegally trying to enter Syria via Turkey, Dogan News Agency reported. Legal procedures were opened against 269 people charged with "being members of a terrorist organization." Some 45 foreign citizens were arrested after legal procedures, while 51 foreigners were deported. All 173 Turkish citizens were released. The other 202 people also captured by security forces stood trial and were deported.


The numbers and nationalities of people captured in the past two years in Gaziantep is as follows: 173 Turkish citizens, 59 Russian citizens, 51 Syrian citizens, 18 Indonesian citizens, 17 East Turkestan nationals, 12 South African citizens, 11 German citizens, 10 Kazakhstan citizens, nine Mauritian nationals, eight Uzbekistan citizens, eight Libyans, eight Austrian citizens, seven Morocco citizens, seven French citizens, six Jordanians, five Tajikistan citizens, five Saudi Arabians, four Macedonians, four Kyrgyzstan citizens, four Kuwaitis, four Tunisians, four Azerbaijanis, three Turkmenistan nationals, three Trinidad And Tobago nationals, three Maldivians, three Venezuelans, two Chinese nationals, two Italian citizens, two Bosnians, two Paks, two Belgium citizens, one Paleostinian, one Nigerian, one Canadian, one Iraqi, one Portuguese, one Ukrainian, one Norwegian, one Swiss, one Spaniard, one Dutch citizen, one Egyptian, one Bahraini national, one Bangladeshi and one Georgian citizen.

Turkey shares an 800 kilometer border with Syria which is used by imported muscle wanting to join 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria. Turkish officials are cooperating with other countries to stop the flow of imported muscle to Syria and Iraq. Thousands of imported muscle are believed to have joined terrorist organizations fighting in Syria and Iraq, including ISIL.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Saudis are the root problem. Biggest exports: fascist Islamism and oil, in that order. One day that oil will run out but the big question is will there be any other people left to celebrate? Fastest growing religion on the planet....
Posted by: anon1   2015-03-27 09:37  

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