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10 dead, 15 wounded in Istanbul tourist district explosion
AP ^ | January 12. 2016 | LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and SUZAN FRASER

Posted on 01/12/2016 6:35:28 AM PST by Navy Patriot

A Syrian suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 others, Turkish officials said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in televised remarks that both Turks and foreigners were among the dead in the explosion in the Sultanahmet district. Turkey's state-run news agency said Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a telephone conversation with German chancellor Angela Merkel, in which he said most of the victims were German. A spokesman for Davutoglu was not immediately available.

"I strongly condemn the terror incident that occurred in Istanbul, at the Sultanahmet Square, and which has been assessed as being an attack by a Syria-rooted suicide bomber," Erdogan said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isis
Typical AP, the only source for blaming a "Syrian" is Erdogan himself.
1 posted on 01/12/2016 6:35:29 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Muslim perpetrators, 99.99999% chance

But why Germans, you ask. The Germans are trying to appease Islam.

The answer is that once Muslims find a victim which does not fight back — they attack even harder.


2 posted on 01/12/2016 6:38:12 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Navy Patriot

The Syrian chicken coming home to roost for Turkey.


3 posted on 01/12/2016 6:38:23 AM PST by sagar
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To: sagar

How many carpet shills got blown up?


4 posted on 01/12/2016 6:42:05 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Note to potential tourists: Avoid moozlums. They desire to blow you and your family into a bloody pulp.


5 posted on 01/12/2016 6:44:29 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: BenLurkin
... once Muslims find a victim which does not fight back - they attack even harder.

True, and when they run into a King Jan or Vlad the Impaler, they get really meek really quickly.

6 posted on 01/12/2016 6:48:27 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: BenLurkin

But you’re so wrong, the only way to stop the “cycle of violence” according our betters is tolerance and to Coexist...


7 posted on 01/12/2016 6:58:33 AM PST by fatez (Ya, well, you know, that's just your opinion man...)
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To: BenLurkin

“The answer is that once Muslims find a victim which does not fight back — they attack even harder.”

Funny. Liberals do the same thing. But Alinsky already told us that, yet we choose not to fight back.


8 posted on 01/12/2016 7:03:44 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Jews for Cruz)
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To: Navy Patriot

I guess it was some remaining Syrians that Erdogan didn’t manage to guide out of his country into Europe.


9 posted on 01/12/2016 7:12:32 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Navy Patriot

“...which has been assessed as being an attack by a Syria-rooted suicide bomber,” Erdogan said.

Now there’s a reliable source. At least he didn’t blame Mossad. Yet.


10 posted on 01/12/2016 7:35:30 AM PST by McGruff (Trumpnado Warning issued for Iowa and New Hampshire)
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To: Navy Patriot

If they come to Minnesota the terrorists can receive counseling and a job at the airport. Angela Merkel will ask to have the terrorists come to Germany.


11 posted on 01/12/2016 9:30:11 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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