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The Grand Turk
Police detain 15 ISIL militants in simultaneous raids in Istanbul
2015-10-30
[Hurriyet] Turkish police detained 15 Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Lions of Islam in simultaneous raids in Istanbul on Oct. 29, in an escalation of anti-terror operations against ISIL following the twin suicide kabooms in Ankara earlier this month.

Counterterrorism police launched operations at 28 addresses against ISIL cells in Istanbul's Bagcilar and Basaksehir districts on Oct. 29.

Special operations teams and riot police also took part in the helicopter-supported operation.

Some 15 ISIL Lions of Islam were detained in the raids, while five automatic rifles, an air gun and 300 cell phones were seized.

After undergoing a medical examination at the Haseki Training and Research Hospital in the Aksaray neighborhood, the Lions of Islam were brought to the anti-terror branch office at the central Vatan Avenue to be interrogated by police.

Meanwhile,
...back at the game, the Babe headed for second base. He almost made it. Then Sheila slapped him....
Anadolu Agency has reported that all of the 13 suspected ISIL Lions of Islam detained on Oct. 26 in anti-ISIL operations in Sakarya, Istanbul, Ankara and Duzce have been jugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
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Turkish police stepped up operations against ISIL after two jacket wallahs suspected to be linked to ISIL detonated themselves at a peace rally in Ankara on Oct. 10, killing 102 people including the two bombers.

The Ankara Prosecutor's Office released a written statement on Oct. 28 saying ISIL was behind the Ankara blasts.

"It is understood that a terrorist organization in [the southeastern] Gaziantep province planned attacks inside The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
after taking direct orders from Daesh [Islamic State] in Syria," it said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL.
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