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Report: Turkey jails seven caught in alleged plot to kill Bush
AOL News/AP ^
| 2007-01-26
Posted on 01/26/2007 9:54:13 AM PST by IrishMike
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish court on Friday sentenced seven men caught in 2004 while allegedly planning to assassinate visiting U.S. President George W. Bush , CNN-Turk reported.
The seven were said to be members of the Ansar al-Islam radical Islamic group, which prosecutors said has ties to al-Qaida. They were caught in a raid before a June 2004 NATO Summit in Istanbul, which Bush attended.
The leader of the group, Alpaslan Toprak, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison, while the other six defendants each received six years and three months, CNN-Turk reported. They were among 20 suspects being tried in the city of Bursa for "membership in an armed organization."
The other 13 men were acquitted on Friday, CNN-Turk said.
In raids of the men's houses, police said they found explosives, remote controls to set them off, guns and rifles. The men admitted in court to plotting to kill the U.S. president with a suicide bomb attack, CNN-Turk said.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ansaralislam; bush; elections; globaljihad; islam; jihad; muslim; muslims; terrorism; turkey; waronterror; wot
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To: JZelle
Do you like movies about gladiators?
To: IrishMike
Midnight Express, written by a young screenwriter named Oliver Stone.
To: IrishMike
To: IrishMike
Ansar al-Islam radical Islamic group, which prosecutors said has ties to al-Qaida.This is not merely some contention by the prosecutors. It's an established fact. They were based in Northern Iraq and received financial and material support from Saddam Hussein.
To: IrishMike
To: EGPWS
If they are kept alive AND in a Turkish prison for life, that would make for a better sentence than death. One was sentenced to 12 years, six others to six years, and 13 were acquitted.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:33:50 AM PST
by
Doe Eyes
To: IrishMike
Hmph!! So the DHS had a turkey hunt??
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:34:47 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: IrishMike
"Midnight Express" should be required viewing for every young person going abroad.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:35:52 AM PST
by
Ciexyz
(In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:)
To: IrishMike
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced seven men caught in 2004 while allegedly planning to assassinate visiting U.S. President George W. Bush , So what are their DU screen names?
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:38:40 AM PST
by
techcor
To: techcor
Which Oscar acceptance speech will acknowledge their heroism?
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:40:48 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: IrishMike
Turkish court on Friday sentenced seven men caught in 2004 while allegedly planning to assassinate visiting U.S. President George W. Bush , CNN-Turk reported. Wait a couple of years and they could plot to kill Hillary.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:42:16 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
To: JZelle
Tell me Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:46:14 AM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: pinz-n-needlez; onyx; ohioWfan; Texasforever; BigSkyFreeper; Tamzee; mrs tiggywinkle; Dog; ...
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:47:59 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Mrs. Bill Clinton - "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
To: IrishMike; Millee; Allegra; pax_et_bonum; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; carlr; PaulaB; ...
Meanwhile back in La-La-Land, the 9th Circuit found no basis for any Democrat ever being tired for any acts of treason now or in the future...
This was an further rendering of the recent Sandy Berger finding.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:56:37 AM PST
by
Bender2
(Gad, Millee! 1st Lindsy goes into rehab, then you bust a gut to get my attention...)
To: EagleUSA
Funded by the DNC no doubt.
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:57:21 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(Swiftboating - Sinking a politician's Ship of Fools by Torpedoes of Truth)
To: unkus
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posted on
01/26/2007 11:00:21 AM PST
by
TET1968
(SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
To: Mo1
I'm surprised that CNN isn't mourning the news......
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posted on
01/26/2007 11:02:23 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(PRAY for our President!!)
To: Doe Eyes
One was sentenced to 12 years, six others to six years, and 13 were acquitted. Just when one is reaching the pinnacle of a justice served mindset, one gets shot down thinking that perhaps death would be a better sentence for these terrorists after all.
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posted on
01/26/2007 11:54:40 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: ohioWfan
I'm surprised that CNN isn't mourning the news...... I would think it to be anticipated since the terrorists didn't succeed with their endeavors.
Also, chalk up another let down for the DNC.
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01/26/2007 12:02:06 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: unkus
I can guess at their names....
Osama bin Kennedy
Osama bin Murtha
Osama bin Hitlery,.....
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posted on
01/26/2007 12:04:37 PM PST
by
meyer
(Bring back the Contract with America and you'll bring back the Republican majority.)
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