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| Turkish police bust Harun Ilhan, seize enough explosives for 5 truck bombs |
| 2003-12-24 |
| Turkish police have detained a Turkish man with alleged ties to al-Qaida and have also seized enough chemical fertilizer to fill five truck bombs like those used in the Istanbul suicide bombings last month, news reports said Tuesday. The daily Vatan and Sabah newspapers said police detained a suspected top member of al-Qaida in Turkey, identified as Harun Ilhan, in the central city of Konya. Private NTV television carried a similar report and said that some 20 people were detained in Konya and Istanbul in connection with the bombings. The news reports also said that an arrested relative of Habip Aktas, a suspected leader of al-Qaida in Turkey, helped lead police to the 12 large sacks of chemical fertilizer in a home in Istanbul. The fertilizer was the same as that was used in the four attacks last month, according to Vatan and Sabah. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |