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2003-12-15 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2003-12-15 10:22:21 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Just added to the page:
''THE REAL TARGET OF PICKUP TRUCKS LADEN WITH BOMBS WAS INCIRLIK BASE''
Fevzi Yitiz, who is believed to have loaded the bombs into pickup trucks in the quadruple suicide attacks in Istanbul on November 15 and 20, gave detailed information during his interrogation at the Anti-Terrorism Unit. Noting that their real target was the Incirlik Air Base in southern province of Adana, Yitiz told the police that they had given up their plan due to tight security measures in and around the base. Yitiz also confessed that he had received military training in a camp of al-Qaida terrorist network in Afghanistan and met with its leader Osama bin Ladin. ''Ladin told us to pay careful attention not to kill innocent people during the bomb attacks. I am sorry for innocent Turkish people who died in the attacks,'' he claimed.

Well, Binny was never too concerned about innocent victims in the past, but Incirlik would have been a prime target. Still don't believe they talked to Binny unlees they were speaking through a medium.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-15 10:31:18 AM|| 2003-12-15 10:31:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Did he say he spoke to OSAMA bin Laden?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-15 10:45:53 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-12-15 10:45:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hummmm, no, he's reported to have said "bin Laden". May be Binny's son, he's supposed to be in Iran now.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-15 11:11:04 AM|| 2003-12-15 11:11:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 May be Binny's son,
Or one of the brothers, nephews, cousins or any other member of that very large family. I don't buy this bull that Osama was the only nutcase in the pile.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-15 12:45:11 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-15 12:45:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 And there's more: A Turkish Islamic militant suspected of preparing the truck bombs that killed 62 people in Istanbul last month has confessed he underwent explosives training in an al-Qaida terrorist camp in Afghanistan, an intelligence official said Monday. The confessions of Fevzi Yitiz, the most prominent suspect captured so far, may shed some light on the ties between Turkish Islamic militants and the terrorist network of Osama bin Laden. Yitiz was captured Dec. 10 as he entered Turkey from Iran, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. A Turkish court on Sunday filed terrorism charges against Yitiz for his alleged involvement in the bombings. The intelligence official said that Yitiz told interrogators that he underwent three months of training in explosives as well as martial arts in an al-Qaida camp in 1994. Yitiz also told police that two other accomplices met with bin Laden in Afghanistan in the summer of 2002 and received his blessing for the attacks, the official said.
Four suicide bomb attacks targeted two synagogues on Nov. 15. Five days later, suicide bombers attacked the British Consulate and a London-based British bank, also in Istanbul. The four suicide bombers in the synagogue attacks have been identified as Turkish nationals. "All of them trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan," the intelligence official said. Thirty-two suspects, including Yitiz, have been charged in the attacks.

Sounds like he was told they met with bin Laden, they being the two who skipped town. Sure be nice to chat with them.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-15 3:40:31 PM|| 2003-12-15 3:40:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 This is from TurkishPress.com yesterday:

SUSPECT F.Y. REENACTS (F.Y.= Fevzi Yitiz)
Suspect F.Y., who is believed to have loaded bombs into pickup trucks used in suicide attacks in Istanbul in November, was taken to his workshop on Sunday for reenactment. F.Y., who was captured as trying to flee Iran from eastern province of Hakkari with a false passport, was taken to the workshop he had rented in Ikitelli district of Istanbul. The reenactment lasted for about 20 minutes. Security forces have taken tights measures in and around the workshop.

PROVINCIAL SECURITY DIECTORATE IN ISTANBUL: IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE SUSPECT RECEIVED TRAINING ON WAR TECHNIQUES, BOMB AND HEAVY WEAPONS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
It was revealed that suspect F.Y., who is believed to have loaded bombs into pickup trucks used in suicide attacks in Istanbul in November, had received training on war techniques, bomb making, usage of heavy weapons in a camp under the control of radical organizations in another country. Releasing a written statement, Istanbul Security Directorate Press Protocol and Public Relations recalled on Sunday that suicide attacks were staged with trucks loaded with bombs on Neve Shalom Synagogue in Beyoglu district and Beth Israel Synagogue in Sisli district of Istanbul on November 15, 2003 and British Consulate General in Beyoglu district and HSBC Bank headquarters in Istanbul on November 20, 2003. The statement said that 94 people had been transferred to Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) Chief Prosecutor's Office since November 15, 2003 and 31 of them were detained.
''A suspect was captured and taken into custody when he was entering Turkey via southeastern province of Hakkari on December 10, 2003. This person was brought from Hakkari to Istanbul,'' the statement said. It noted, ''during his interrogation, the suspect said that he had training on war techniques, bomb making, usage of heavy weapons in a camp under the control of radical organizations in an Asian country (Afghanistan) in 1994. This suspect said that he was in effort to find people who could act as suicide bomber for the organization.'' The statement said that this person was involved in bomb making in a workshop in Kucukcekmece district of Istanbul and those bombs were loaded into trucks. It stressed, ''during the search in the workshop, police seized some chemicals which were used in bomb making, and cable parts which were also used to prepare the mechanism of bombs.'' Later, F.Y. was sent to Istanbul DGM Chief Prosecutor's Office at around 11.30 local time.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-15 3:50:37 PM|| 2003-12-15 3:50:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Steve, what does it mean! Intering via south eastern province. Does that mean Iran. Are Iran's hands on the attack on Turkey?

Posted by Lucky 2003-12-15 11:37:12 PM|| 2003-12-15 11:37:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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