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Syria-Lebanon
Istanbul bombing mastermind fled to Syria
2003-11-18
JPost Reg Req’d - Interesting how all clues - and GPS indicaters point to Syria
Turkish police have revealed that the International Islamic Jihad organization perpetrated the attack on two Turkish synagogues Saturday with the aid of al Qaida and other organizations.
welcome to the WOT Murat! Show Spine or resign from civilization!
Two of the suicide bombers were cousins, and a brother of one of them organized the attack. Immediately after the attack, the head of the operation fled to Syria. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul informed reporters that Saturday’s explosions at the two Istanbul synagogues were connected to an Afghan-based terror organization. Monday, the four perpetrators were identified as Masoud Shabok and Azzad Akinji, who are associated with either the Islamic movement or a radical yet marginal Turkish terror group, the Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front; both organizations are banned in Turkey. Three bodies had been found at the crime scene, and a fourth was missing. Turkish authorities were still awaiting DNA identification, Tuesday morning, before making a formal statement, but had arrested 30 people, so far, according to French news services. A fake passport made out to Azad Akinïi and another belonging to Masud Chabuk were found at the crime scene. The fake passport was apparently provided by al Qaida. Akinïi is a well-known activist with ties to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya and Bosnia, and his brother is wanted in connection with extremist Moslem organizations. One of the vehicles belonged to the third brother, Mura, now being questioned.
"Ow! Oooch! Hey! Stop that!"
Security cameras at the Neve Shalom Synagogue captured the image of one of the bombers moments before he detonated his car bomb, perhaps providing investigators with vital clues to apprehending the attack’s masterminds. Turkish press reports that the four arrived from Bingol in Eastern Turkey, and described them as Islamic activists who had trained in Iran and Pakistan.
Posted by:Frank G

#3  I'm told that the vidio showed that the bomb-ber looked like this... @_@...just before detonation.
Posted by: Lucky   2003-11-19 1:24:09 AM  

#2  Well it's about damn time for a betting pool!

How long until the bombing of Syria?
Posted by: Daniel King   2003-11-18 10:48:57 PM  

#1  Terrorists in Syria!

Well, where have we heard that before???
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-11-18 9:06:58 PM  

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