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| The Grand Turk |
| Intelligence organization involved in Reina attack: Deputy PM |
| 2017-01-17 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Eve was carried out professionally with the involvement of an intelligence organization, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Jan. 16. "It appears the Reina attack was not just a terrorist organization’s act, but there was also an intelligence organization involved. It was an extremely planned and organized act," Kurtulmus said during an interview. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?... Istanbul police found 150,000 dollars in a raid at an address in the Silivri district of Istanbul. Police suspect that the money was the amount to be given to the assailant of the Reina attack, daily Hurriyet reported. Police reportedly determined a house in Silivri which was used by the suspected attacker in the Reina attack, Ebu Muhammed Horasani, the code name of Uzbek 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.... Iraq and Levant (ISIS) Death Eater Abdulgadir Masharipov, according to suspects’ testimony. Police raided the address and found 150,000 dollars in the house on Jan. 15. Police also claimed the money was the amount to be given to Masharipov, who was allegedly unable to obtain the money due to the intense police hunt. Security forces said the attacker conducted the attack for money, not ideological reasons. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?... police reportedly revealed the connections of 20 suspects who were detained in the Aegean province of Izmir with alleged links to the Reina attacker, one of whom was the Istanbul leader of ISIS. Police have focused on the possibility that the Reina attacker and ISIS’s regional leader could be in the same cell after the investigation of phone conversations. The testimonies of suspects who were detained in Izmir have also raised suspicions. Izmir police said one of the suspects repeatedly insisted he was Syrian even though he was heard to be speaking with a Moroccan accent. Turkish intelligent units also contacted authorities in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Dagestan ...a formerly inoffensive Caucasus republiccurrently bedevilled by low-level Islamic insurgency, occasional outbreaks of separatism, ethnic tensions and terrorism, primarily due to its proximity to Chechnya. There are several dozen ethnic groups, most of which speak either Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian languages. Largest among these ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, and Laks. While Russers form less than five percent of the population, Russian remains the primary official language and the lingua franca... , Xinjiang, Morocco and some European countries regarding Masharipov. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 it seems highly likely this was entirely an own goal Is this the end of the republic? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-17 11:55 |
| #1 They keep saying an intelligence organization was behind it, implying the CIA. But given clandestine support of ISIS by the Erdogan governent in recent years, coupled with the same government giving Chinese Uighurs Turkish passports for the purpose of trans-shipment to ISIS and Turkey-supported anti-Assad Turkish groups as cannon fodder, it seems highly likely this was entirely an own goal. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-17 10:07 |