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| CIA warns of al-Qaeda threat to Turkey |
| 2006-01-06 |
| The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) warned Turkey that the terrorist network, al-Qaeda plans to attack the country with high rate radiation-nuclear materials. CIA Director Porter Goss held top-level meetings with the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), and visited the General Security Directorate during his three day-visit to the Turkish capital Ankara recently. Goss mentioned terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda and the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) could easily be destroyed with the help of shared intelligence, and steps to further share information were undertaken upon his return to the United States. CIA sent the MIT a secret al-Qaeda cryptic message last week, in which reportedly the terror organization will send nuclear materials including high rate-radiation to selected targets by using international cargo companies such as UPS and FedEx. Turkey’s Intelligence Undersecretary warned the Security Directorate about the CIA’s coded message. MIT and the General Security Directorate investigated the cargo packages sent to Turkey through international transport companies. Top-level security precautions were taken in the cargo departments of international airports such as Istanbul Ataturk, Sabiha Gokcen, Ankara Esenboga, Izmir Adnan Menderes and Antalya. Al-Qaeda is claimed to have developed such action plans in order to not lose members. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 This is a Quid for a Pro: Murat's always howled about US support for PKK because this sort of thing would have jeopardized our links to the Iraqui Kurds. Now that the Kurds feel more secure and need to start establishing a reputation as a responsible proto-nation in the event that Iraq fissions, they'll have to cut ties with disreputable insurgencies like the PKK, who IIRC, don't follow geneva convention insurgency rules. The quid is US cooperation to snuff PKK. the Pro is turkish support for US action in Syria. the Ro is hanging out there. IIRC, us mail is radiation monitored, but not UPS or FedEx. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2006-01-06 16:03 |
| #1 I'm all for bringing Turkey into the inner circle, but lately it sounds like we have been buttering them up an awefull lot. Al qaeda would like to do a lot of things with radioactive materials, but they can't be everywhere at once. Don't get me wrong, I'm as Pax Americana as they get, but this just seems fishy. I read some articles this week about how we want into Turkey to stage operations, now all of a sudden Al-Q wants to nuke em? This is Worldnetdaily quality moon-howling here. |
| Posted by: Slolurong Whomock5480 2006-01-06 15:47 |