| A man charged with helping organize last month’s suicide bombings in Istanbul has said al Qaeda provided $150,000 to carry out the attacks, local newspapers reported. Adnan Ersoz’s confession would be the first time a suspect has acknowledged al Qaeda financing of the bombings that killed 62 people. Ersoz, believed to be a senior member of al Qaeda in Turkey, was charged Friday with an offense amounting to treason. Police believe he was a link between the terror network and suicide bombers. Ersoz told police an Iranian sent him $50,000 by courier, and he later contacted Habip Aktas, the head of al Qaeda in Turkey, to get another $100,000 for the attackers, the newspapers reported. In court, Ersoz had denied advanced knowledge of the attacks or that he had received orders from Osama bin Laden, Anatolia news agency reported. He did admit in court to receiving military training in Afghanistan. |