Allah FUBAR!
Posted on 06/24/2004 5:29:05 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
Nothing more...
According to CNN, there has been an explosion near a hospital in Istanbul.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A large explosion has been heard in a mainly residential district of Turkey's largest city Istanbul, where a NATO summit is set for next week, state-run Anatolian news agency has reported.
Earlier on Thursday a small parcel bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel in the capital Ankara, where U.S. President George W. Bush is due to stay on Saturday night before attending the summit.
What's going on here. Turkey is neutral in this.... < /sarcasm >
Turkish TV reports at least 2 dead, 7 injured. Some reports say explosion on bus near hospital.
Let's see what Turkey does about this. In the past few weeks it has been bashing Israel saying it is the cause of anti-Semitism, that its policies (against terrorism) cause terrorism, etc. etc. and has been condemning Israeli counter-terror policies, along with the whole world. As usual, in this instance, there is no "occupation" of Istanbul or anything like that right? So they have a right to do whatever they want...you will see the UN convene and give them a backing momentarily as well. I wonder if they will be asked to exercise "restraint."
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HE2AH1XTOEPCKCRBAE0CFEY?type=topNews&storyID=5504789
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A bomb blast ripped through a city bus, killing two people in Istanbul on Thursday, days before President Bush arrives in the country for a NATO summit, Turkish television said.
It was the second bomb blast to rock a Turkish city on Thursday.
The bus was passing in front of a hospital in a residential district of Istanbul, the country's largest city, when the blast occurred, CNN Turk said. Ambulances rushed to the scene. Seven people were hurt.
Earlier on Thursday a small parcel bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel in the capital Ankara, where Bush is due to stay on Saturday night before attending the summit in Istanbul. That blast wounded three people.
The Turkish government, which hosts the NATO summit in Istanbul on June 28-29, earlier moved to reassure the public on security arrangements.
"Turkey is a sufficiently strong and secure country. Such incidents happen everywhere, in London, in Paris, everywhere," Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told reporters, adding that the Bush visit would go ahead as scheduled.
After the first blast, the dollar fell a quarter of a centime against the Swiss franc, a traditional safe haven currency.
Analysts said the blast renewed global security concerns, which since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States have tended to damage the dollar.
Bush is due to spend Saturday night at the Hilton in the southern part of Ankara where many embassies are located, before talks on Sunday with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
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How "Palestinian" of them to blow up a bus... Wonder if this was a suicide bomber or a planted device....
It seems possible this bomb went off early. Maybe the bomber was taking it to another location but never made it.
Reuters is insane.
Thanks for the information/post.
Athens is next.
Anybody know which neighborhood in Istanbul this happened or which hospital this was near? I'm guessing it was in the district where many embassy staff lived and there was a British privately owned hospital there. The name escapes me right now. (was there in 1988)
Yeah, similar tactic. Maybe there should be a similar response from Turkey and the World. Let them reward them with a state and give them an audience.
Allah FUBAR!
Where you been? :)
WWKAD? What would Kemal Ataturk do? I'm not sure but I doubt there would be a single AlQaeda terrorist or sympathizer left alive in Turkey by nightfall.
Why do mass beheadings and burnings come to mind? :-)
What does that Arabic script say?
OMG, pray for the victems. Why on earth are they targeting Turkey?
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