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I never frown at Debka, look at the family it has given to us on Threat Matrix........with a hug.

I posted this Israel ships report on the plane crash thread,
there are other posts at the 2nd link, but it is too big for my computer, interesting, someone says Turkey Terrorists, and Turkey says not from Turkey......
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This is a report for the 9th of August of threats to several Israel
Tourist ships.......

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:_Ss0XUi1dyEJ:www.asbarez.com/aol/2005/050809.htm+Israel+tourist+ships+threatened&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet

August 9th, 2005

Thousands of Israeli Tourists under Terror Threat in Turkey

(Globes/Jerusalem Post)--Israel's National Security Council's
counterterrorism unit
issued a travel warning
Monday urging citizens to refrain from visiting the popular southern
coast of Turkey,
between Alanya and
Kemer, due to a "concrete terrorist threat." The strip includes the city
of Antalya, a
favorite destination
for Israeli tourists. Israeli officials estimated there are presently
thousands of Israelis
in the area.

The travel advisory comes just three days after Transportation
Minister Meir Sheetrit
ordered four cruise
ships with some 3,500 vacationers heading to Alanya to change course
and dock in
Cyprus because of
terror warnings. He diverted another cruise ship on Monday.

Ambassador to Turkey Pinhas Avivi told The Jerusalem Post he would
recommend that
Israelis in the area
covered by the warning spend their vacation in other parts of the
country such as the
Aegean Coast, the
Black Sea, or Central Turkey.

The warning read: "In light of the revelations regarding serious
concrete terrorist
threats at coastal sites in
Turkey, the National Security Council counterterrorism HQ hereby
issues a temporary
travel warning, which
is likely to be short, until the threats are lifted. Until such time, all
Israeli citizens are
warned to avoid
visiting or staying in the coastal strip in southern Turkey between
Alanya and Kemer.
Recommendations
against staying close to Turkey's borders with Iran and Iraq remain in
force. Israelis
are likewise called on
to be alert and maintain the recommended rules of behavior
throughout Turkey."

In response to a question whether the intelligence urging Israeli ships
and citizens
not to go to the
Turkish Riviera came from Turkish sources, government spokesman
Cemil Cicek
declined to comment,
saying that both countries have been in close contact for a long time,
exchanging
intelligence, especially
on terrorism.

Despite warnings, 80percent of Israeli tourists have not changed their
plans, and will
visit Kemer and
Antalya. 20 percent of tourists sought to change their destination to
Bodrum, which
lies outside the area
of the warning, or to other sites in Cyprus or Bulgaria. Very few tried
to cancel their
vacations at the risk
of paying full cancellation fees.

Those seeking to change their travel destinations will also have to pay
fully for the
change, even though
the change is due to security reasons 3,000 Israelis a day visit Turkish
vacation areas,
particularly
Antalya, on thirteen daily flights. 350,000 Israeli tourists visit Turkey
annually, some
of whom are making
repeat visits to the country.

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This is a report on the ships and al Qaeda terrorists that may or may
not have been arrested in Turkey.

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:nPicVaUY-yUJ:www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3125526,00.html+Israel+tourist+ships+threatened&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet