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The Grand Turk
Turkey detains 21 suspected ISIS militants in raids
2015-07-11
[RUDAW.NET] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's state-run news agency
...and if you can't believe the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
says police carried out raids in Istanbul and three other cities, detaining at least 21 people suspected of being members of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
turban group.

The Anadolu Agency said three of the suspects detained in the simultaneous raids on Friday were foreign nationals who were planning to cross into Syria to join ISIS. Their nationalities weren't disclosed.

Other suspects were believed to have been working to recruit fighters for the group, the agency said.

Anadolu said police seized two rifles, large amounts of ammunition, documents and military uniforms during the raids.

Under pressure from its allies, Turkey has recently tightened security along its border with Syria in a bid to thwart Lions of Islam from crossing into the country to join the turbans.
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