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| Israeli head of anti-terror: Al-Qaida terrorists arrested in Turkey |
| 2005-08-10 |
| Turkey has arrested several Al-Qaeda terrorists near the Turkish tourist resort of Alanya in western Turkey, Danny Arditi the head of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Counter-Terrorism said. Arditi made a statement on August 9 to the Israeli TV-channel 'Channel Two' saying that Turkish security forces have broken up an Al-Qaeda cell in Alanya, seizing weapons, C-4 plastic explosives, transport vehicles and communication equipments. Arditi had earlier requested Israeli tourists to not visit any tourist resort between Alanya and Kemer in western Turkey. Boats from Israel carrying a total of 6,000 Israeli tourists were on Friday and Monday ordered by Arditi to change route. Several attacks believed to have been carried out by suicide bombers in the tourist resorts of western Turkey have initially been blamed on the Kurdish PKK by Turkish police, but English and Israeli sources have repeatedly instead warned that Al-Qaeda are planning to carry out attacks in Turkish tourist resorts. The Kurdish militant organisation TAK (Kurdistan's Freedom Falcons) which has been blamed for all bomb attacks in western Turkey had only claimed one attack which was carried out in Cesme on July 10, slightly injuring more than 20 people. TAK had used minimal explosives which was placed in a radio and put in a trash bin close to a bank. TAK had also stated that they warned Turkish authorities before setting off the bomb, but the warning was ignored by the authorities. |
| Posted by:Chung Omeater5887 |
| #1 The Kurdish militant organisation TAK (Kurdistan's Freedom Falcons) which has been blamed for all bomb attacks in western Turkey had only claimed one attack which was carried out in Cesme on July 10, slightly injuring more than 20 people. TAK had used minimal explosives which was placed in a radio and put in a trash bin close to a bank. TAK had also stated that they warned Turkish authorities before setting off the bomb, but the warning was ignored by the authorities. What the hell? They are trying to make political statements, but the Turkish police are so inept that they are now considered full fledged terrorists. I guess all the competent Turkish police are prison guards buggering western drug mules. |
| Posted by: Midnight Express 2005-08-10 13:33 |