EFL & Murat
Analysts Say New Bombings in Turkey Suggest a Revival of Turkish Terror Groups
Let’s see: a = b and b = c, therefore a = c.
The Turkish group that claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings in Istanbul today and two others on Saturday was well known in Turkey a decade ago.
This does not bode well for Murat’s Bush and Blair’s well laid plans.
IBDA/C, the Turkish acronym for the Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front, is suspected of killing a Turkish journalist in 1992 with a bomb placed in his car, and another reporter in 1993. Both had been writing about domestic Islamic terrorist organizations. The group is also believed to have carried out attacks on bars, discos and Christian churches.
Because they are icky! All that dancing and having fun. EEeeeewww girls are dirty.
But the group had been mostly contracted by Al-Q inactive since the mid-1990s, and its leader, Salih Izzet Erdis, was arrested in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison last year. "All these terrorists groups were crushed by police operations," said Nilufer Narli, a Turkish terrorism analyst. "Their leaders were either killed
[my prefrence]
or jailed.
[most of Europe’s prefrence]
They lost their financial sources, they lost their lives human sources. These groups would like to re-emerge so they can easily attach themselves to an international terrorist organization."
Okay. So, it’s time bring out the "crush" thing again, eh?
It is the size and style of the bombings that Turkish authorities say point to help from the outside. IBDA/C had never killed large numbers of Muslim civilians and had never mounted large-scale suicide attacks. Officials in Turkey and Britain suspect al Qaeda involvement.
Duck walk, duck sound.
In Turkey, analysts say the IBDA/C claim suggests a revival of extremist activity in the country.
Really now. Well, that’s been solved. Move along. |