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The Grand Turk
Ankara bombers’ driver member of ISIL, ex-member of al-Nusra: Report
2015-10-24
[Hurriyet] One of the drivers of the two jacket wallahs in the Ankara attack on Oct. 10 which killed 102 people, including the two bombers, has been identified as a former member of al-Nursa who is a current member 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....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), state-run Anadolu Agency reported security officials as saying.

One of the two suicide bombers, Yunus Emre Alagöz, who was identified through a DNA sample, and the other unidentified bomber, who was considered to be a foreigner, crossed into The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
from Syria in the evening hours of Oct. 9, with the help of Halil Ibrahim Durgun.

The two suicide bombers were brought to a cell house in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep, where they were fitted with the boom jackets before setting out for Ankara in two cars.

The first car was driven by Yakup Sahin, who was determined to be a former al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
member and a current ISIL member, while the two suicide bombers were in the second car, which was driven by Durgun.

Sahin's role was as an observer for the safety of the second car, which contained the bombers. Durgun left the bombers on a side road of Konya Boulevard, from where they used two taxis to reach the main Ankara train station, the site of the bombing, though they had to leave the second taxi prior to reaching their destination as the roads had been blocked for the peace rally.

It took them four minutes and 15 seconds for them to walk from the taxi to the front of the train station, where they detonated their explosive vests, while they spent only 45 minutes in Ankara in total.

The investigation at the scene of the crime revealed there was not a third person at the bombing; it was conducted by just the two bombers and steel pellets were used to increase the bombs' destructive power. The first bomber had four kilograms of TNT kaboom on him, while the second bomber, who let 'er rip only 35 meters away from the first kaboom, had five kilograms. The two bombers were also found carrying one hand grenade each.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!...
the Turkish General Staff said in a written statement that 1,199 people were caught trying to illegally cross the border from Syria into Turkey within the boundaries of the southern province of Kilis and one person was caught trying to cross into Syria from Turkey. Two of the detained suspects were reported to be members of ISIL.

In a written statement issued by the governorate office of Kilis, 25 suspected members of ISIL, including 19 foreigners, were caught during operations in the province on Oct. 21. Three of the suspects were caught while trying to enter Turkey, while the other 22 suspects were caught while trying to cross into Syria.

Sahin was reported to be incarcerated
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
, while Durgun was reported to be on the loose.
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