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Event / 29.08.2008 23:31 Report: Turkish police arrest 21 al-Qaida suspects in Istanbul
The detainees had all received military training in Afghanistan and prepared for terrorist attacks in Turkey.
Some 21 suspected members of al-Qaida were arrested in a large operation in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul on Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The detainees had all received military training in Afghanistan and prepared for terrorist attacks in Turkey, according to the report. Al-Qaida-linked Turkish militants carried out a series of suicide bombings in Istanbul in November 2003, targeting British and Jewish interests in the city and killing some 60 people.
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