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Police Dogs Find Bomb-Packed Bus in Turkish Garage
FOX News/AP ^ | September 11, 2007

Posted on 09/11/2007 5:18:42 AM PDT by nuconvert

Police Dogs Find Bomb-Packed Bus in Turkish Garage

September 11, 2007

ANKARA, Turkey — Sniffer dogs discovered a bomb-laden vehicle parked in an Ankara garage, as police have increased security measures in Turkey fearing attacks timed to Sept. 11, the governor of Ankara said.

Gov. Kemal Onal said a large amount of explosives were found stashed in a minibus, which had a fake license plate. "A possible disaster has been prevented," Onal told reporters at the site.

Explosive experts defused the bomb, Police Chief Ercument Yilmaz said, adding that the type of the explosives would be announced later.

Police had evacuated houses and cordoned off the area near the multistory garage as a precaution while the bomb was being defused.

Suicide bombers linked to Al Qaeda hit Istanbul in 2003 with truck bombs, killing 58 people in attacks that targeted two synagogues, the British Consulate and

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ankara; bomb; fakelicenseplate; garage; minibus; turkey; wot

1 posted on 09/11/2007 5:18:45 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

nothing to see here, just move on


2 posted on 09/11/2007 5:25:32 AM PDT by GeronL (Wal-Mart Respect Enforcement Department)
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To: Dog

Ping


3 posted on 09/11/2007 5:26:35 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: GeronL

Joey, ever been to a Turkish garage ?
4 posted on 09/11/2007 5:30:26 AM PDT by stratboy
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To: stratboy

not a humorous thread, but any reference to Airplane gets a laugh out of me. lol.

Roger, Over


5 posted on 09/11/2007 5:32:43 AM PDT by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: jhpigott; Dog; AdmSmith; TexKat; Coop; jeffers; nuconvert; Arizona Carolyn; BurbankKarl; SE Mom; ...

Lays Potato Chips.

No one can eat just one.


6 posted on 09/11/2007 5:33:14 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: nuconvert
The Turks and the Uzbeks are now becoming Ismaofascists.

This is not good news for the Kurds, or for Israel either.

7 posted on 09/11/2007 5:39:00 AM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: jeffers

:)


8 posted on 09/11/2007 5:39:28 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: nuconvert

oh Geez. Enough aleady you friggin lunatics!

No more coffee for me.


9 posted on 09/11/2007 5:41:10 AM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: nuconvert

The parking garage


The vehicle, being hauled away for examination.

10 posted on 09/11/2007 4:17:03 PM PDT by csvset
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To: nuconvert

Good thing the Turks don’t have any neanderthal bias’s against using working dogs like most of the other riff raff in that part of the world.

Anyone know if the IA is using doggies the way our troopers do?

Regards.


11 posted on 09/22/2007 7:31:17 AM PDT by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment..)
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To: Candor7

Not all Turks, or there would be much more of this. Thank goodness they found this bus in time.


12 posted on 09/22/2007 9:20:12 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Cindy

Sorry, 2007 article.


14 posted on 01/03/2009 3:41:06 PM PST by Cindy
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