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The Grand Turk
Russian man held in Turkey for planning to down a US plane
2017-08-11
[IsraelTimes] Ottoman Turkish authorities detain a Russian national and suspected 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....
 member for allegedly planning a drone attack on US aircraft at The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s Incirlik air base, police say.

Renad Bakiev is detained in the southern city of Adana over suspicions that he plotted to crash an American aircraft or attack the Incirlik air base using a drone, Adana police say in a statement.

Bakiev also intended to attack the local Alevi community in Adana city, the statement says. It says he was affiliated with IS and had previously traveled to Syria.

The Alevi religious minority is an offshoot of Shia Islam and is the largest religious group in Turkey after Sunnis. IS regards Alevis as heretics.
The Daily Mail adds:
Bakiev had also used a messaging app widely used by ISIS sympathisers to appeal for 2,800 Ottoman Turkish Lira (£610) from other bully boyz to buy a drone, Adena police said.

During police interrogations, Bakiev admitted to previously having made an attempt to attack U.S. forces at the base, but that this had been unsuccessful.
And, of course, photos at the link.
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