Turkey attack ringleaders met with bin Laden aide, reports say

AZ Central.com ^ | December 2, 2003 | Associated Press

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Two key suspects in last month's suicide bombings in Istanbul met with and took instructions from Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, newspapers reported Tuesday, a day after the government made its strongest statement linking the attackers to al-Qaida.

Main suspects Habib Aktas and Azad Ekinci met with bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, several times, Hurriyet newspaper reported, quoting the testimony from another suspect. The two Turks are suspected of planning the Nov. 15 suicide bombings of two synagogues and of the British Consulate and a British bank five days later.

[Smogger]

Classic Ayman al-Zawahiri, classic Al-Qaida:

1. Massive well constructed car bombs.
2. Simultaneous or near simultaneous attacks on multiple targets. If they have a hallmark or a calling card this is it.

It's so obvious that it was an Al-Qaida operation that I am amazed news reports are still questioning it. I am sure the police tortured the details out of the suspects so you can bank it.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Great post. Someone needs to send this to that pinhead professor who wrote the article in the WSJ that tried to pin the blame on the Kurds,