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The Grand Turk
Turkey arrests six over 'minting coins for ISIS'
2015-10-08
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Turkish authorities on Wednesday incarcerated
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
six suspected 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....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) myrmidon group on suspicion of trying to illegally mint coins for use in areas controlled by the snuffies in Syria.

Police in the southeastern region of Gaziantep on the border with Syria also seized coin punches, presses and other coin-making equipment, the official Anatolia news agency said, quoting a statement by the regional governor's office.

The regional police force issued a picture of the sophisticated equipment piled up in front of the police force's flag. According to Turkish media reports, 56 coins in four different sizes were seized.

Another picture showed a punch to produce a coin with Arabic writing on one side and a picture of the world on the other.

There have been reports that ISIS is keen to impose its own currency in the areas it controls in Syria to free itself from the global financial system.

Acting on a tip-off, Turkish police raided the would-be mint in the town of Sahinbey just south of Gaziantep city.

The suspects, who include foreigners of unspecified nationality, were sent to court after being detained and remanded in jug ahead of trial, Anatolia added.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
has been under pressure from its Western partners to crack down on the activities of ISIS jihadists inside the country and stop snuffies from crossing into neighbouring Syria.

The authorities have arrested hundreds of foreign jihadists in the last months and Ankara says it is doing all it can to secure its borders and maintain security.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Iraqi News has photos here.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-10-08 11:32  

#2  Down at Mu Omega...

"Say, bro, could you lend me an Allah?
It's like a Mohammedan dollar
With one little difference --
I can't pay you interest."
"Sure, Mo." "You're a Musselman scholar!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2015-10-08 02:21  

#1  Maybe they can get jobs working for our Treasury department?
Posted by: Raj   2015-10-08 01:18