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The Grand Turk
Erdogan admits security shortcoming in Ankara attack & says Syria involved
2015-10-14
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
acknowledged on Tuesday there had been a security shortcoming over the Ankara suicide kaboom attack that killed 97 people, saying its significance would be made clear during the investigation.

"There must undoubtedly be a mistake, a shortcoming in some place. Of what dimension? This will emerge after examinations," Erdogan told news hounds in Ankara.

He also said that the attack might be linked to Syria.

Adding: "There is intelligence that the attack has its roots in Syria," Erdogan told news hounds in Ankara. He added Ankara was weighing all options in its search for culprits, including 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 Syria (ISIS) group and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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