"A majority of the Turkish people and its media believe that the [Istanbul] bombings were carried out by some Western intelligence agencies to push Turkey into the crisis created by them in the region. Many Turkish newspapers have also made comments that the real culprits behind the bombing were some other people and not the Al-Qaeda."
This bit of paranoia and willful blindness comes from Khilafah.com, a Muslim website that may be tied to Hizb-ut-Tahrir. This site shares the goal of Osama bin Laden and others like him around the world: to unify the Islamic world under one ruler, the caliph, who will then wage offensive jihad to spread Islamic rule into what are now non-Muslim areas. This story is attributed to the "Balouchistan Post."
The article contains quotes from Turkish papers:
"I wonder if this terror is the terror that the US and the UK are fighting against, or the terror that they have produced?"
"Especially after yesterday's events, some countries condemn terror with no shame ... They deceive us. They are sending us a monster which they feed inside them. And they have crocodile tears. What about the US? Is not the US, which always declares it is against terror, in league with the Kurdistan Workers' Party terrorists who are settled in Northern Iraq?"
"We believe that the possibility of Hezbollah, al-Qaeda or Jihad ve't Takfir having done this is quite remote. It seems that it is an extension, or another link in the chain of the games that well known international intelligence organisations have been playing over Turkey."
I think this Khilafah.com should be shut down. Some computer nerd need to figure out how to shut it down so as to prevent it from recruiting weak and sick minds from destroying this world.
So much about religion of peace. Didn't hear any condemnation from the Muslim World! I guess they encourage and finance such sick annihilation of innocent human beings.
Maria,
Ya gotta get it right. Islam is the "religion of piece"...pieces of babies, pieces of women and children blown up by those brave men who are too cowardly to face real soldiers.
No, the Muslim world is in denial worse than the most gullible Branch Davidian or Jim Jones' Kool-Aid freak. It's like the entire Muslim world has bitten off of the same, giant stupid pill.
Khilafah.com is definitely the website of Hizb ut Tahrir - ironcally banned in Pakistan but allowed in Britain.
It is worth reading their website to keep tabs on what muslim extremists actually think.
Yes, the media is the perfect propaganda machine, has been for quite some time, and has not escaped the attention of any despot regime for over a hundred years. So does it really surprise anyone, that the enemy would poison the minds of those who are really generally neutral, or to split support?
No, even some of our own so-called News First folks have manufactured news to sell thier products, and definatly not in the national interest, if anyone doubts this, remember the African campain where the Seals came ashore to the Media brodcasting it to all? (Or the staged riots in New York, that actually caused some rioting)
Before anyone protests, there was absolutely no concern for anyone being killed, only the scoop, and perhaps some exciting action to please the bloodthursty.
What surprises me, is the forgetfullness all show when some media outlet is honestly hostile, or bizzare, as it seems to me the subterfuge of the Media is the worse, and causes more people harm than that which openly says, "this is my thoughts", crazy or not.
All the media giants have caused bloodshed at one time or another, and are guilty, is it really that surprising that the little ones might try it.
It appears that all Muslims suffer from "conspiracies theories syndrome." [sigh]
Bottom line: Turkey will never get into the EU because of this sort of bizarre islamic "thinking." Don't these people have anything positive to do but grouse about conspiracies?
Lili
And Turkey want to join the EU? I think they need many, many more reforms. To bad their newly elected govenment(Erdogen support extremist) as shifted more to the militant Islam. Why would Turkey come out and blame al-queda? Because if they did, they would expeirence more bombings. I bet Atiturk is turing in his grave.