Posted on 11/26/2003 12:38:58 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:10:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Last Thursday's attacks, which killed 30 persons, came days after bombings at two Istanbul synagogues killed 23 others. More than 500 people were wounded. An al Qaeda-linked Turkish terrorist cell, the Islamic Great Eastern Raiders' Front, has claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks. More than 1,000 Turkish volunteers are believed to have fought and trained in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya. Turkey's reluctance to send troops to Iraq did not prevent carnage on its soil.
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