This is a very brief article that I will excerpt fully below from Todays Zaman, but it does showcase how Turkey is becoming more and more of a target of al Qaeda and radical islamic jihad. Here's the article:
You see from the article that it has been nearly five years since a major al Qaeda attack in Turkey but if these 21 were plotting something, you gotta believe it was going to be big. Turkey is one of the top targets of al Qaeda as it continues to hang on to its secular form of government and of course, al Qaeda can't put up with that - they must ensure that sharia law be cloaked up on the population of Turkey.
However, Turkey won't be an easy target for al Qaeda - their intelligence is generally pretty darn good and although the islamists in the country have made huge gains recently, as long as the military is tied to the secular government, al Qaeda will have a tough time.
Turkey detains 21 in anti-al Qaeda raid
Turkish police on Friday detained 21 people in Istanbul in an operation against the Islamic militant group al Qaeda, state Anatolian news agency said.
The detainees are believed to have trained in Afghanistan and were planning to carry out attacks, it said. No more details were provided.
Islamist militants have carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past. In 2003, al Qaeda militants killed more than 60 people in a series of bombings in İstanbul.
You see from the article that it has been nearly five years since a major al Qaeda attack in Turkey but if these 21 were plotting something, you gotta believe it was going to be big. Turkey is one of the top targets of al Qaeda as it continues to hang on to its secular form of government and of course, al Qaeda can't put up with that - they must ensure that sharia law be cloaked up on the population of Turkey.
However, Turkey won't be an easy target for al Qaeda - their intelligence is generally pretty darn good and although the islamists in the country have made huge gains recently, as long as the military is tied to the secular government, al Qaeda will have a tough time.
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