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| Foxnews link on Turkish airline hijacking |
| 2006-10-03 |
| Posted by:Phil |
| #6 from jpal's link (article updated): ...two Turkish hijackers who diverted a Turkish airliner to the southern Italian airport of Brindisi on Tuesday handed themselves over to police some two hours after landing. Authorities in Istanbul identified one of the two hijackers as Hakan Eknci and the other only by his first name Mahmut. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-03 17:47 |
| #5 First it's hijackers, now it's bloody CHRISTIANS seeking ASYLUM. Make up your mind. Information got spewed out before it was confirmed and you got our hopes up Islam made impression by threatening Rome in not so subtle way. I for one was hoping for a Edict against letting muslims near the front of an airplane. |
| Posted by: Charles 2006-10-03 17:24 |
| #4 we'll cater a nice ramadan dinner after sunset replete with sweets |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-10-03 17:12 |
| #3 Now they're saying it was a Christian who wanted help from the Pope to avoid serving in the Turkish military. What a wonderful world we live in! http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2006-10-03_10310093.html |
| Posted by: jpal 2006-10-03 17:06 |
| #2 Okay Turks: Release the beauty queens and all non-muslims. You can keep all the muslims on board as hostages plus we'll cater a nice ramadan dinner after sunset replete with sweets and copies of the koran. Deal? |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-10-03 15:28 |
| #1 Pope protesters' hijack airliner Passengers aboard the plane have managed to phone out A Turkish airliner flying from Tirana to Istanbul has been hijacked and flown to Brindisi in southern Italy in an apparent protest against the Pope. It sent out an SOS twice in Greek airspace, and both Greece and Italy scrambled fighter jets to escort it before it landed in Brindisi. All the Turkish Airlines plane's 107 passengers - including world beauty contestants - are said to be unhurt. BBC Linky |
| Posted by: RD 2006-10-03 14:21 |