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| 150 Turks Bound To al-Qaida |
| 2004-01-07 |
| According to the intelligence report of the Directorate General of Security prepared after September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States, two organizations and eight groups in connection with Al Qaida are active in Turkey. The Directorate General of Security prepared a report on fundamentalist terrorism after September 11th terrorist attacks. And then didn’t do much about it, as far as we can see. According to the report there are two organizations in Turkey which have connections with Usame Bin Laden and Al Qaida, namely ’’Beyyiat-i Al Imam’’ (union of imams) and ’’Cihat Hareketi’’ (jihad movement). ’’Beyyiat-i Al Imam’’ is organized in Istanbul and Bursa provinces while the other is responsible for some blasts in Ankara. There are eight groups in mainly seven provinces bound to Wahhabism and another religious belief named ’’Selefilik’’ [that's a new one on me — Salafism?] These groups provided members of Al Qaida who were in difficult situation due to operation on Afghanistan with false passports and money. Turkish elements of the groups had battled in Bosnia, Chechnya and Afghanistan. These Turks had political training in Pakistan and military training in Afghanistan. Fifty of them lost their lives in ’’regions of jihad’’ while 150 of them are in Turkey. Well, you better start rounding them up. |
| Posted by:Steve |