As I was saying yesterday...
The names of the suicide bombers who carried out Saturday morning's terror attacks on two Istanbul synagogues that killed 24 people were revealed on Monday night, Israel Radio reported. At least one of the two men who carried out the dual bombings, Masoud Shabok and Azzad Akinji, had spent an extended period of time in Iran undergoing bomb training, a Turkish TV report claimed Monday.
| Iran? Y'mean where Saif al-Adel and Sod bin Laden are hanging out? And where Mugniyeh hangs his turban? And Zarqawi? |
Despite these press reports, the Turkish interior minister insisted final identification of the bomber's bodies was still incomplete.
| "Nope. Nope. Let's not jump to conclusions! |
"The identities of the bodies have not been determined yet," Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu told The Associated Press in a telephone
interview. "These investigations cannot be done publicly. They have to be done in great secrecy, otherwise no result will be achieved," he said.
| Will you let us know when you've bumped off their controllers? |
Aksu said an official announcement on the identities may be made Tuesday. Al Jazeera television news reported that Shabok and Akinji were associated with a small, Islamic extremist organization in Turkey called the Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front (known by its Turkish acronym IBDA-C). Earlier, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said DNA tests on the suspected drivers, which could establish identities or at least nationalities, were expected to be ready on Tuesday. Earlier Turkish news reports said police had been questioning a Turk believed to be the brother of one of the drivers. The man questioned was brought to Istanbul from southeastern Turkey for questioning because one of the pickups had been purchased using documentation belonging to him. NTV said DNA testing on the suspected suicide driver's remains and on the brother indicated they were related, helping to identify the driver as a Turk. NTV, without citing sources, said the driver had traveled six times to Iran for bomb training. He was suspected, along with the other suicide driver, of having links with the al-Qaida terrorist network, NTV said. Earlier the same TV station had reported that police found pieces of a Turkish passport and a Pakistani passport that were believed to belong to the attackers. NTV did not explain why it said both drivers were Turks even though one of them purportedly had a Pakistani passport.
| It's tradition. I think when you explode, they make you an honorary Pakistani. Kinda backs up my theory that the Great Eastern Raiders are subcontracting to al-Qaeda, doesn't it? Birds of a feather, and all. And I'll bet Zarqawi's the pivot guy. |
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