TURKY: ISTANBUL BLASTS

Islamonline: 'Foreign Powers' Behind Istanbul Blasts - Experts

ISTANBUL (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) -- Foreign powers might be behind the deadly blasts that ripped through two synagogues in Istanbul on Saturday, November 15, killing at least 23 people and injuring 300 others, Turkish intelligence experts and journalists said on Sunday, November 16, ruling out that they were the work of underground organizations in Turkey.

Maher Kenaq, a former director at the Turkish intelligence service, told the Turkish daily Milliyet Gazette that the attacks were planned by foreign intelligence services to pressure the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP).

But other experts said the blasts bear the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda network.

Dr. Mansour Aq John, professor of international relations, and researcher Aytanoush Altin, a specialist in religious affairs and evangelism, said there is a clear resemblance between them and other attacks worldwide claimed by Osam bin Laden's group