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  • Turkish Man Accused of Aiding Terrorists

    12/23/2003 8:42:42 AM PST · by TexKat · 7 replies · 150+ views
    AP ^ | 12/23/03
    ISTANBUL, Turkey - A court charged a Turkish man with aiding terrorists Tuesday after police found enough chemical fertilizer in his home to make five truck bombs like those used in last month's Istanbul suicide bombings, news reports said. An arrested relative of Habip Aktas, a suspected leader of al-Qaida in Turkey, helped lead police to the 12 large sacks of chemical fertilizer at the home of Mehmet Kus in Istanbul, Turkish newspapers and television reported. Cables and explosives were also seized in the raid at the house, Sabah reported. The fertilizer was the same as that used to make...
  • Suspect Says Sent Money from Iran for Turkey Bombs

    12/20/2003 9:13:30 PM PST · by faludeh_shirazi · 15 replies · 175+ views
    ISTANBUL (Reuters) ^ | Dec 20, 2003 | ISTANBUL (Reuters)
    Suspect Says Sent Money from Iran for Turkey Bombs Free Iran at ActivistChat.com! ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish man has admitted he received $50,000 from an Iranian source and sent it to Turkey to finance last month's suicide bomb attacks in Istanbul, a newspaper said on Saturday. Adnan Ersoz, charged with attempting to change "the constitutional order by force of arms" on Friday, had confirmed that an international terrorist organization had given training and cash to members of a Turkish Islamist group, police said in a statement on Friday. Police did not name the international organization. But a report in...
  • Suspect Says Sent Money from Iran for Turkey Bombs

    12/20/2003 6:03:31 PM PST · by Pan_Yans Wife · 3 replies · 142+ views
    ABCNews ^ | December 20, 2003 | Reuters
    A Turkish man has admitted he received $50,000 from an Iranian source and sent it to Turkey to finance last month's suicide bomb attacks in Istanbul, a newspaper said on Saturday. Adnan Ersoz, charged with attempting to change "the constitutional order by force of arms" on Friday, had confirmed that an international terrorist organization had given training and cash to members of a Turkish Islamist group, police said in a statement on Friday. Police did not name the international organization. But a report in Hurriyet newspaper said he told interrogators he had breakfast with al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden...
  • Turkish court charges conspirator in Istanbul bombings

    12/19/2003 2:08:55 PM PST · by TexKat · 12 replies · 173+ views
    Ankara, Turkey — An anti-terrorism court Friday charged a Turk with an offence amounting to treason after authorities said he acted as a link between al-Qaida and suicide bombers in attacks that killed 62 people in Istanbul last month. Adnan Ersoz, who was detained Monday, is suspected to have been involved in the planning of the four truck bombings after meeting with Osama bin Laden, an intelligence official said. Mr. Ersoz confessed he underwent explosives training in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002, the intelligence official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Mr. Ersoz told a court Friday...