 A militant Kurdish group claimed responsibility for a bomb Sunday in a resort town on Turkey's Aegean coast that wounded 20 people, including two foreign tourists, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported. The Germany-based Mezopotamya News Agency, which often reports rebel statements, said the shadowy Kurdistan Freedom Falcons Organization, or TAK, claimed responsibility for the blast in the town of Cesme.
| Yeah, yeah. They're always "Falcons" and "Lions" and "Tigers" and "Bears" and other noble carnivores. By now they're always tiresome, too. |
An anonymous caller bravely said TAK "had warned authorities before the attack and that they will continue to target touristic areas," the news agency said on its Web site.
| "That's cuz we're important. We got explosives. Inconsequential shitbags that couldn't get paper hat jobs wouldn't have explosives, would they?" |
The explosives were stashed into a soda bottle that was placed in a garbage can in downtown Cesme, a popular tourist destination about 45 miles southwest of the port city of Izmir, police said.
| Rather appropriate, that... |
Anatolia identified the foreign victims as John Willoghby, 63, of Britain, and Aleksander Daniluk, 44, of Russia. Willoghby suffered a light flesh wound, while Daniluk was injured in his left arm, Anatolia reported. It said three Turks with serious injuries were taken to a hospital in Izmir. The militant Kurdish group had warned foreign tourists to stay away from Turkey after claiming responsibility for a similar bomb attack that killed a police officer and injured four others in the Aegean resort town of Kusadasi on April 30. The guerrilla group, considered as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, says revenues from Turkey's lucrative tourism industry help fund its military drive against the guerrillas. An injured witness, Ramazan Mert, told Anatolia he saw two men heroically drop a bag in the garbage can before the explosion, which happened at around 2:30 p.m. near the mayor's office on Cesme's main square.
| They then ran off, telling each other 'Huh huh! This is sooooo kewl!'" |
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