Mirror UK -Nov 22 2003

...Turkey's broadsheet paper Millyet quoted a US secret service agent as the source of its story for an imminent suicide bomb. It said authorities nationwide were alerted on November 14.

Mr Short had been in consultation with the Foreign Office about security at the consulate where staff worked in gatehouses while the main building was renovated.

Turks gather to condemn attacks, blame U.S. policy

Reuters Alertnet -November 22

...Several thousand Turks gathered in Istanbul and other cities on Saturday to condemn this week's suicide bombings, with many protesting against what they see as the root cause of the attacks -- the United States.

... "We know who the murderers are," said a caption on one placard, below pictures of U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

... "I believe these attacks carry the fingerprints of the CIA, Mossad and (Turkish intelligence service) MIT. They want to push Turkey and America closer together after recent tensions between them," said 22-year-old engineering student Mustafa Colak.

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Who benefits from the bombings?

Voices on Indymedia Istanbul go further

Indymedia Istanbul -Friday November 21, 2003

by skeptical of lying warmongers

Who benefits from the bombings? Some tough questions to ask regarding the similarities to 9-11, and the uncanny timing of the recent bombings in Istanbul.

Canada's CBC News television reported Thursday night that the British consolate was being renovated, and as a result casualties were fewer than would otherwise have been. UK news reports have also confirmed this.

Looks like the neocons are running with the same script as September 11: a double bombing of a major financial institution (World Trade Center) and a government building (Pentagon, also being renovated at the time of the attacks). This time lapdog Tony hits the "trifecta." Right on cue for Bush's stage-managed state visit to the UK.

So who delivered this gift? The Mossad has been crawling around Turkey after the synagogue bombings. Who benefits most? Who's agenda does this serve? Who was really behind 9-11? Both the Mossad and the CIA have been linked to al Qaeda cells. Bush and Blair pressured and threatened Turkey numerous times to provide military support, and allow coalition butchers access to Turkish soil. Who has a motive to punish (mostly Muslim) Turkey?

Is "al Qaeda" so unlucky or incompetent to hit mostly empty buildings twice in 2 double bombings? Does this successfully take the media's spotlight away from the human rights crisis in Palestine?

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