Posted on 10/02/2006 11:11:18 AM PDT by Republicain
Many people have been injured in an explosion in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, police said. The blast happened at a cafe in the affluent Alsancak district of the Aegean city.
"Two grenades were thrown into the cafe and exploded but the attack has no political links," Izmir police chief Huseyin Capkin told reporters.
Fifteen injured people were taken to three hospitals in the area, Reuters news agency reported.
A spate of deadly bomb attacks claimed by Kurdish separatists has hit Turkey this year.
This latest attack comes a day after the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which in the past has carried out bomb attacks, declared a unilateral ceasefire.
Turkey's top general has rejected the ceasefire by armed rebels, vowing to fight on "until not a single armed terrorist is left".
General Yasar Buyukanit, the new chief of military staff, said the PKK must "lay down arms unconditionally and give themselves up".
The PKK's conflict with Turkey has claimed more than 30,000 lives since it began in 1984.
The Baptists again? Or was this act commited by crazy Hindus?
Will NYC democrats now ban turkey in all NYC eateries?
Maybe the little red popup indicator was wound too tight?
There's always someone trying to cram in too much stuffing...
Two grenades were thrown into the cafe and exploded but the attack has no political links
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Sounds like a "nothing to see here, move along" moment to me. How would they know this so rapidly?
Deep frying and not overstuffing it will stop that.........
One Thanksgiving, my turkey sort of exploded.
When Butterballs go bad...
Big Guy bump
Classic!
That is one heck of a funny title ;)
" Mashed potatoes....Gravy...and CRANBERRY sauce!!! "
For a moment I thought someone had fed POP ROCKS to turkeys.
I thought this was going to be some kind of Thanksgiving warning or something like that.
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