[Ynet] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's Interior Ministry says that dozens of people have been detained in the past week over suspected ties to the 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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group.
In a statement released Monday, the ministry said 147 people were detained after authorities determined "they were in contact with the ISIS terrorist organization," referring to an Arabic acronym for ISIS.
Of the detained, 25 people have been formally put under arrest.
The ministry's announcement came after a gunman opened fire on New Year's revelers at an Istanbul nightclub, killing 39 people and maimed dozens of others. ISIS has grabbed credit for the attack.