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| 2003-11-24 |
| These are some of the major headlines and their brief stories in Turkey’s press on November 24, 2003. SLEEPING NETWORK WAKES UP HERE The Sunday Telegraph claimed that bloody attacks were planned in an internet cafe in eastern Bingol province and the group in Bingol collaborated with Al Qaida on the internet. The Sunday Telegraph daily wrote that police confiscated equipment and materials in a cafe named ’’Bingol Internet Center’’ which was owned by relatives of Azad Ekinci, who was wanted on charges that he was involved in bomb attacks in Istanbul, and suicide bomber Gokhan Elaltuntas. The news claimed that Al Qaida chiefs came to Turkey, trained people on bomb and fuse production and planned attacks. In the news, it was also claimed that Al Qaida chiefs sent crypto messages to Turkish terrorist networks on the internet. Be interesting to see where the e-mails came from. HERE IS BOMBER His name is Feridun Ugurlu. His name was heard as he provided suicide bombers who staged the attack on Neve Shalom Synagogue with pick-up truck. He was thought to have run away to Dubai. But, he was here and he exploded the bomb at British Consulate General in Istanbul. Before the attack on the consulate building, police had revealed Ugurlu’s involvement in synagogue blasts. Pick-up truck used in attack on Neve Shalom Synagogue was registered under name of Ugurlu’s father. When his family was being interrogated, Ugurlu was thought to escape to Dubai. Nobody knew that he was preparing for another attack. After the attack on the consulate building, DNA tests revealed the reality. According to blood and tissue samples on the pick-up truck, the suicide bomber was Feridun Ugurlu, who went to Afghanistan for many times, whose name was deciphered after the synagogue blasts but who could not be captured by the police. ERDOGAN: AL QAIDA IS NOT CERTAIN Participating at a live program at BBC, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Al Qaida link was not clear yet with the bomb attacks in Istanbul. Accepting that there were religious feelings under the attacks, Erdogan said that Turkish assailants were used in the attacks. THREE TERRORISTS KILLED Gendarme General Command continues operations in Golkoy town of Ordu province. Gendarme General Command released a written statement and said that three PKK/KADEK terrorist organization members were killed in a clash in Emirler plateau of Golkoy. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Maybe Tapyippy doesn't read the Telegraph. |
| Posted by: B 2003-11-24 9:19:42 AM |