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ISRAEL AND TURKEY JOIN FORCES VS. AL QAEDA
New York Post ^ | 1/09/04 | URI DAN

Posted on 01/09/2004 3:32:16 AM PST by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:18:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

January 9, 2004 -- JERUSALEM - Israel's chief intelligence agency, the Mossad, is now working with Turkey to track down al Qaeda agents in the region. The extraordinary alliance between security officials in Muslim Turkey and the Jewish state shows how seriously the world's intelligence agencies are taking the continuing threat from Osama bin Laden's terror network.


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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedaisrael; alqaedaturkey; israel; jointexercises; turkey

1 posted on 01/09/2004 3:32:16 AM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
The Turks have always respected Jews, offered them sanctuary, and maintained cordial relations going back to the 1400's.
2 posted on 01/09/2004 3:36:46 AM PST by FormerACLUmember (I say the emperor has no clothes. Doesn't anyone else see this?)
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3 posted on 01/09/2004 3:38:04 AM PST by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: kattracks
To the Turks (in my best Bruce Willis voice): Welcome to the party, pal.

5.56mm

4 posted on 01/09/2004 3:38:41 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe
This is very bad news for the bad guys..
5 posted on 01/09/2004 3:46:42 AM PST by Dog (Bin Laden dies or is captured in '04!)
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To: Dog
Good morning.

This is very bad news for the bad guys..

I think so too. The Turks tend to terminate their enemies with extreme prejudice.

5.56mm

6 posted on 01/09/2004 3:53:35 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: FormerACLUmember
Turkish bombings, including that of the HSBC bank murdering a dozen people and wounding,
directly resulted from front page lies in the Boston Globe used to incite terrorists.
The Globe claimed the American liberation of Iraq from the murderous Saddam was a "rape".

7 posted on 01/09/2004 4:37:25 AM PST by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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To: kattracks
Sources said one of the arrested suspects admitted: "We wanted to attack American targets in Ankara and Istanbul. But they're so tightly guarded even birds can't fly over them."

If a reliable quote, that's reassuring...

9 posted on 01/09/2004 4:50:34 AM PST by COBOL2Java (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: kattracks
So the president's plan is working. This will drive the Rats crazy, please the conservatives, and scare off a few terrorist wanna be's.
11 posted on 01/09/2004 5:05:10 AM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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