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The Grand Turk
Istanbul police detain 74 suspected Islamic State militants
2017-09-17
[Ynet] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's official news agency says police have detained 74 suspects who are alleged members of 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....
group.

The Anadolu news agency said Saturday the anti-terror police conducted simultaneous operations at 15 different addresses in Istanbul.

Anadolu said 73 of the detained were foreigners and were handed over to relevant authorities to be deported. There was no information on their nationalities. The other suspect was being questioned.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Well past their sell-by date.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-09-17 13:32  

#1  To be released tomorrow after they are given their orders.
Posted by: chris   2017-09-17 00:35  

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