Posted on 12/31/2015 6:44:47 PM PST by traumer
Two men are thought to have been preparing an attack in the centre of Ankara where crowds gather to celebrate the New Year.
Police seized a suicide vest armed with a bomb, an explosive device fortified with ball bearings and metal sticks and placed inside a backpack, as well as bomb-making equipment
Turkish police have detained two suspected Islamic State militants believed to be planning suicide attacks during New Year celebrations in central Ankara, officials said.
The two men were detained in a raid on a house in the low-income Mamak neighbourhood of Ankara.
Police seized a suicide vest armed with a bomb, an explosive device that was fortified with ball bearings and metal sticks and placed inside a backpack as well as bomb-making equipment, according to the Ankara Chief Prosecutor's office.
The two Turkish nationals, identified by their initials MC and AY were being questioned by anti-terrorism police.
The prosecutor's office said the men had staked out possible locations in Ankara, where they could carry out the attacks.
State-run Anadolu Agency, quoting unnamed police and judiciary officials, said the would-be attackers were planning to detonate the bombs at two locations near bars and a shopping mall near Turkey's central Kizilay district during the celebrations.
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It looks like the roaches are showing up everywhere... what a start of 2016
If the last two people on earth were both muslims, one would kill the other for not being muslim enough...
Take this battle to them. Make Mecca Glow
I read the headline and thought ... how could a turkey foil a terror attack. ;-)
Me too. I clicked on this thinking it must be quite an entertaining story.
The New Year celebrations tainted by terror: Munich evacuates stations over ‘imminent’ threat by ISIS suicide bombers while Paris and Brussels scrap fireworks as Europe is put on high alert
Turkeys ‘terrorized’ my old neighborhood in Mass for awhile.
Lots of videos of them chasing mailmen, kids, joggers...
I would. If Bush had, we wouldn’t be having these discussions. For every terror attack, I would take out one city.
Wow - that’s 3 new year’s plots have been foiled, according to what I’ve read. Rochester, Belgium, and now Turkey.
Makes me a little nervous for midnight.
I was trying to figure out how a turkey could foil a terrorist plot....and then my brain began to sort it out. Wow, am I tired!!
How many does that make just today? I’ve lost track.
I just wrote the same thing...
My money’s on it being nothing more than a show to garner sympathy for Turkey. Why would the terrorists attack those that give them aid and comfort?
LOL!
I always loathe it when Freepers throw this one out there. It will *never* be the US who would bomb/nuke Mecca or any other location of importance to Islam.
That is unfortunate. The U.S. should lead not follow.
Erdogan had better be paying attention.
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