Thursday, November 20, 2003

TERROR IN TURKY

Reuters: Blasts Hit Istanbul, 15 Dead - TV

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two blasts rocked Istanbul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and devastating both the HSBC Bank headquarters and British consulate in an apparent suicide attack Turkey called a strike against British interests.

Turkish television, quoting city health officials, said that besides the 15 killed, 320 people were injured. A caller to Turkey's semi-official Anatolian news agency claimed responsibility in the name of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda group, which Washington blames for September 11 U.S. attacks.

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, whose country is the United States's chief backer in the Iraqi occupation, said the strikes bore "all the hallmarks of the international terrorism operations practiced by al Qaeda and associated organizations."

The blasts, coinciding with a British visit by President Bush, were the second such strike in Muslim Turkey in five days. Turkey's interior minister said he saw a connection with weekend attacks on two Istanbul synagogues that killed 25.

"Also wenn das mal nicht die Al-Quida war. Von wo wissen das die Behoerden immer so schnell? Hatt Al-Quida eine corporate identity und die CIA Zugriff auf die Arbeitsvertraege und den Businessplan? Was wurde eigentlich aus der Geschichte beim Synagogen Bombing wo die Polizei zuerst sagte sie hätte die Terroristen auf Video. Sie haetten die Autos parkiert und dann den Ort verlassen. Am anderen Tag warens dann ploetzlich zwei Selbsmord Attentaeter die sich mit den Fahrzeugen in die Luft gejagt haben..tsss Fragen ueber Fragen, Wer will eigentlich die Europaer ueberzeugen das sie jetzt auch im Fadenkreuz stehen?"

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