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“’Three Germans seized’ in Turkey”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Turkey has in recent months stepped up its campaign against PKK bases in northern Iraq, in response to an increase in attacks by the group.
News of the kidnapping coincided with an attack on policemen guarding the US consulate in Istanbul, though there is no suggestion of a link.”
Note: The following blog entry is a quote:
http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/8395.htm
Turkey’s Top General: “Terrorism Biggest Threat To Global Peace”
Speaking at an international security conference in the Mediterranean city of Antalya, Turkey’s Chief of General Staff, General Yasar Buyukanit said that terrorism is the most serious sickness of the 21st century and that none of the forms of terrorism could be considered legitimate, regardless of the ideology behind them.
Buyukanit told commanders from several countries that international cooperation has become the sine qua non in the fight against terrorism. He said that efforts in diplomacy, intelligence, economy, finance, information and law were all as important as the military methods in the fight against terrorism, since terrorist organizations are acting like international crime organizations committing crimes such as drug and human trafficking, money laundering, racketeering, bootlegging and kidnapping for ransom.
Source: AA, Hurriyet, Turkey, July 8, 2008
Posted at: 2008-07-09