| Submit your comments on this article |
| Europe |
| Turkish Press |
| 2003-12-04 |
| These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkeyâs press on December 4, 2003. RINGS OF EVIL It was found out that terrorist organization which staged latest suicide bombings in Turkey is comprised of five rings. The top of rings includes four people who are called as ââimamsââ and they have the control in the terrorist organization al-Qaida. "Four rings for the Imams on their jeweled thrones" Terrorist organization which staged attacks on synagogues, Britainâs Consulate General and HSBC headquarters in Istanbul is comprised of five rings. "Five for the Jihadis with their cars of death" Four people are brains of terrorist organization in Turkey. "One caliphate to rule them all and in the darkness bind them." ANKARA CRITERIA Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave clear messages on the European Union (EU) and Cyprus. Erdogan said that the EUâs not accepting Turkey as a full member did not mean an end for the country and stated that if the Union did not accept Turkey as a full member, then they would make Copenhagen criteria Ankara criteria. Stating that all circles had to accept the concept of ââtwo states, two nationsââ on Cyprus issue, he said that otherwise everyone would go on his/her way and Turkey would go on its way as well. I think he just told the EU to f#$k off. AL QAEDA-ATTRIBUTED STATEMENT DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN ISTANBUL ATTACKS A statement sent yesterday to the media allegedly by the terrorist network al Qaeda denied that it had been involved in last monthâs deadly terror attacks in Istanbul. This was a reversal of earlier al Qaeda-attributed avowals of responsibility. âAl Qaeda has never carried out any attacks targeting civilians,â said the statement. âIt has no link either with the Sept. 11 attacks, nor the attacks on Bali, Casablanca, or Riyadh, nor the recent ones in Istanbul.â Claiming that the Sept. 11 attacks were linked to the US Pentagon and CIA and Israelâs Mossad rather than al Qaeda, the statement underlined however that the current resistance in Iraq against US forces was organized and carried out by al Qaeda. Hummmmmm |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 AL QAEDA-ATTRIBUTED STATEMENT DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN ISTANBUL ATTACKS - maybe the political wing of Al Qaeda is distancing itself from the military wing of Al Queda. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-4 7:36:05 PM |