Yesterday the arrest, today the disclaimer.
[An Nahar] U.S. officials denied Thursday that an American citizen arrested in ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
for allegedly providing a fake passport to a Syrian man is a U.S. diplomat.
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ...He was later formally arrested on suspicion of selling a forged passport for $10,000.
According to a
On Thursday, the U.S. State Department said it was aware a U.S. citizen were tossed into the calaboose in Turkey but denied the person was a government diplomat.
"An agent, but NOT a Diplomat, per se..."
The State Department said the detained individual was being provided with the "appropriate consular services."
Police in Istanbul said security camera footage showed D.J.K. exchanging clothes with the Syrian man at Istanbul Airport and giving him a passport.
Police also seized an envelope containing $10,000 from the diplomat, according to the police statement.
The American was jugged
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
while the Syrian was released pending possible proceedings for falsifying documents, Anadolu said.