Re: THE GLOVES MUST COME OFF

"Rodrigo Diaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Smite the jihadists wherever you might find them..
How  about kissing their arse before you smite them?
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> "TonyaK911" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > AL QAEDA'S MISTAKE
> > By Claude Salhani
> > The Washington Times
> >
> >     Istanbul, Turkey's major city on the Bosphorous, was struck for the
> > second time in less than a week by a devastating twin car bomb attack
that
> > killed at least 27 people and wounded nearly 450 others. Moments later,
an
> > unidentified caller to the Anatolian News Agency claimed responsibility
on
> > behalf of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.
> >
> >     Indeed, two groups - al Qaeda and the Islamic Brotherhood - claimed
> > responsibility for Thursday's devastating attacks.
> >
> >     There is little doubt the second Istanbul bombings that targeted the
> > British Consulate and a British bank in the city's commercial center,
> > carried the hallmark of al Qaeda: simultaneous bombings, carefully
planned
> > to detonate just moments apart and planned to cause the greatest
> casualties
> > possible. The group's deadly modus operandi is already all-too familiar.
> >
> >     A warning from the perpetrators of the previous attacks on the two
> > synagogues a week ago yesterday had warned of further terror action.
> > Thursday's horrific bombings demonstrates the terrorists were not
> bluffing.
> >
> >     "We will continue to attack Masonic targets. ... The Muslims are not
> > alone," warned a Turkish-speaking man to a domestic news agency. And on
> > Thursday, they struck again.
> >
> >     However, in selecting Turkey as their new battleground, al Qaeda, or
> > their Turkish affiliates, may have committed a monumental tactical
mistake
> > by picking a fight they may well regret. Unlike most Western European
> > countries and the United States, Turkey has a long history of dealing
with
> > homegrown terrorism and has always gone about it with a successful,
though
> > somewhat, heavy hand. And those tactics have yielded positive results.
> >
> >     Turkey has had to deal with terrorist activity emanating from its
> > Marxist-Leninist extreme left, Kurdish separatists and Armenian
> > nationalists. And in all instances they have managed to ferret out and
> cause
> > severe harm to those who have tried to undermine the Turkish state.
> >
> >     "We will not bow to terrorism," Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime
> > Minister Abdullah Gul told reporters shortly after the double
explosions.
> > Similarly, Mr. Gul's warning should not be brushed off as empty words,
> > either. Turkey will now embark on an unrelenting hunt to track down
those
> > involved in this latest wave of terrorism and bring them and those
behind
> it
> > to justice - one way or another.
> >
> >     While mainly an overwhelming Muslim country - 99.8 percent - Turkey
> has
> > a secular constitution, which even the current Islam-rooted government
of
> > Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is keen on maintaining.
> >
> >     The country's powerful military has often clashed with the religious
> and
> > political establishments since the modern state was created from the
> > remnants of the Ottoman Empire in 1923 in efforts to avoid letting the
> > country slip too far to the left or to the religious right. Twice in the
> > country's relatively recent history, the military - which regards itself
> as
> > the guardian of Mustafa Kemal's, or Ataturk's, modern Turkey - have
staged
> > coups when terrorism or politicians allowed the situation to get out of
> > hand.
> >
> >     Today, Turkey's politicians realize only too well the short leash
> their
> > military allows them when it comes to dealing with extremism, and
without
> a
> > doubt, Mr. Erdogan will aggressively address this new threat that has
> > manifested itself. Turkish authorities have already identified the
> > perpetrators of the first pair of attacks that killed 23 and wounded 302
> as
> > originating from the eastern province of Bingol, where, according to
some
> > reports, the Turkish Hezbollah group has been active.
> >
> >     The terrorist war declared by the Islamic fundamentalists on secular
> > Turkey, much as those waged by other extremists groups before it, will
> > motivate the Turks all the more to eradicate this new threat. Mr.
Erdogan,
> > speaking only hours after Thursday's attacks vowed the culprits would be
> > found soon: "Just like we have done in the synagogue incidents."
> >
> >     One thing now certain is the gloves will come off.
> > ________________________________________________
> > Claude Salhani is a senior editor with United Press International.
> >
> >
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