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    PanARMENIAN.Net

    45 al-Qaeda members detained in Istanbul over terror plot
    05.04.2008 13:52 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish security forces have
    arrested 45 people suspected of being members of an
    al-Qaeda terror cell.

    According to authorities, the group was planning to
    carry out attacks, though the targets or the form of
    the attacks was not revealed, RIA Novosti reports.

    Bomb attacks shocked Istanbul November 15, 2003 and
    November 20, 2003. 57 people died in the attacks, and
    700 were wounded.

    Al-Qaeda later claimed responsibility for both
    attacks. Some captured suspects said that Osama bin
    Laden himself ordered the attacks, but had wanted to
    hit a U.S. military base in Turkey. Al-Qaeda was
    reportedly disappointed that so many Muslims had died
    in the bombings.

    Turkey charged 74 people with involvement in the
    bombings, including Syrians Loai al-Saqa and Hamid
    Obysi, and a Turk, Harun Ilhan. Al-Saqa and Ilhan were
    convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
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