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| Suspected suicide bombing kills 4 in Turkey |
| 2005-07-16 |
| A suicide bomber is believed to have triggered a blast which ripped through a minibus in a western Turkish resort on Saturday, killing four people and injuring 14, officials and news reports said. There were no immediate claims of responsibility. Television footage of the scene showed the top of the minibus had been blown off by the force of the blast, which occurred around 10:30 a.m. (0730 GMT) as the vehicle traveled past a square in the town of Kusadasi on the way to a beach, local officials said. Kusadasi, some 70 km (45 miles) from the port city of Izmir, is popular with Turkish and foreign tourists, and officials said foreign nationals may have been on the bus. The NTV news channel said authorities believed a female suicide bomber was killed in the attack and police suspected plastic explosives were used. "There is no clear information at the moment but we are considering all possibilities," local administrator Ali Baris told Reuters when asked whether a suicide bomber had caused the explosion. Four people were killed and 14 were injured in the blast, Baris said. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #10 "And, oh yeah, this bombing was in response to Turkey's support of the infidel Americans in the Iraq war. Wait, oh yeah, we didn't let 'em use us, did we? Allah akbhar baby!" |
| Posted by: Female muzzie boomer 2005-07-16 22:15 |
| #9 While I am aware the Kurds have a very difficult time in Turkey, they do not blow up themselves. Actually they (or specifically the PKK) do, and female suicide bombers are used more ferquently than males. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-07-16 21:13 |
| #8 This about a 5th rate Murat we got tonight. Missing a perfectly good cowardly Turk thread. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-16 19:08 |
| #7 Frank---sounds like Tigger. LOL! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-07-16 14:29 |
| #6 No sense fighting over what we know not. lol. Rosemary, that's what |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-16 11:24 |
| #5 I beg to differ, but this is NOT the MO of a Kurdish woman. While I am aware the Kurds have a very difficult time in Turkey, they do not blow up themselves. Most Kurds do not approve of the PKK, and want them to stop. It only makes life harder for them. See? I don't who did what, but I am going to wait until we get more news. No sense fighting over what we know not. lol. |
| Posted by: Rosemary 2005-07-16 10:25 |
| #4 Ship- Ya see, they're not Islamist enough ... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-07-16 09:59 |
| #3 A female boomer at a tourist resort is probably a Kurd or Communist, that's their MO |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-07-16 09:31 |
| #2 Shipman You're assuming that "Islam" is anything, but an excuse for sociopaths to run wild. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-07-16 08:09 |
| #1 Fightin fools against the islamist gov of Turkey? I don't get it, then again there is lots I don't understand about the muzzie mindset. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-16 07:36 |