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The Grand Turk
Six detained in anti-ISIL operation in Istanbul
2016-08-25
[Hurriyet] Six people were detained in an operation against 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 (ISIS) in Istanbul early on Aug. 24. The operation was carried out on 10 addresses situated in four districts. The anti-terror police raided addresses in Pendik, Sancaktepe, Ümraniye and Üskudar with support from riot police.

Police helicopters patrolled the area in order to provide coordination during the simultaneous operation. In addition, the police teams took strict security measures with long-barreled weapons on the streets where the raids were conducted.

Police detained six people whom were determined to have fought alongside ISIS in Syria and come back to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
. Digital documents related to ISIS were seized in the operation. The detained people were recruiting snuffies for ISIS and providing logistical support to the jihadists, Dogan News Agency reported.

The suspects were taken to police headquarters after going through security checks.

Searches were also carried out in locations identified by the suspects.

The operation was carried out around the same time that Turkey took part in the launch of an operation against ISIS in the Jarablus region of Syria.
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