TURKEY: A; QAEDA SUSPECTS OF ISTANBUL BOMBINGS IN 2003 APPEAR IN COURT FOR THE FIFTH TIME.

Record ID: 358938

  • Title: TURKEY: A; QAEDA SUSPECTS OF ISTANBUL BOMBINGS IN 2003 APPEAR IN COURT FOR THE FIFTH TIME.
  • Date: 14th February 2005
  • Summary: (BN09) ISTANBUL, TURKEY (FEBRUARY 14, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. WS: OF COURTHOUSE. 0.06 2. VARIOUS: POLICE SECURITY, PEOPLE BEING SEARCHED.(4 SHOTS) 0.29 3. WS: PRISON VANS ARRIVING. 0.39 4. SCU: RELATIVES OF SUSPECTS WAITING OUTSIDE COURT. 0.44 5. MV: SECURITY GETTING OUT OF VAN. 0.53 6. WS/SCU: RELATIVES AND ONLOOKERS OUT
  • Embargoed: 1st March 2005 12:00
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  • Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVA2TQXC235OCU5AU9N2TPR3F34O
  • Story Text: Suspects of Istanbul bombings appear in court for
    the fifth time.



    Islamic suspects accused of involvement in bombings
    in the Turkish city of Istanbul in 2003 appeared in court
    for the fifth time on Monday (February 14). 38 of the 71
    suspects attended the court in Istanbul.

    A Turkish cell with links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda
    network is accused of planning four truck bomb attacks on
    two synagogues, the British consulate and London-based HSBC
    bank. Sixty-one people, including the bombers, were killed
    and hundreds wounded in two days of violence in November
    2003.

    Muslim but secular Turkey is a major force in NATO and
    aspires to join the European Union. Its close ties with the
    West and Israel have reaped it scorn from Islamic
    militants, observers say.




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