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It looks as if jihadists in Smyrna are trying to convince secularists not to hold their demonstration, although Bornova Mayor Sirri Aydogan denies this and says there's no problem. From AFP, with thanks to JE:
A bomb ripped through a marketplace in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Saturday, leaving 15 people injured, one of them seriously, officials said.The bomb, planted in a bag and left on a bicycle at the marketplace, went off a day before thousands were expected to gather in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, for a demonstration in support of the country's secular order.
"The incident occurred when explosives put on a bicycle, left there the previous evening, went off," Izmir Governor Cahit Kirac was quoted as saying at the scene by Anatolia news agency reported....
"It was an attack aimed directly at (killing) people, at a massacre," Bornova Mayor Sirri Aydogan said.
He said he did not believe the blast was linked to a planned demonstration in Izmir on Sunday, the latest in a series of pro-secular rallies across Turkey amid political turmoil over who the country's next president should be.
"All measures will be taken for the meeting tomorrow... I do not think that people will be scared off," Aydogan said.
Posted by Robert at May 12, 2007 7:05 AM
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bomb blasts via islamists. waiting for the suicide bombers to start when they dont get their way in Turkey, ie not muslim enough.
Posted by: ZenaWarriorPrincess![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/nav-commenters.gif)
at May 12, 2007 7:20 AM
There are Secular Progressives in Turkey-not everyone wants to remain in the Stone Age but what's the betting that the Jihadists either blow them up or terrorize the remainder into Burkas and Sharia Law...
Saw this news on BBC where I was checking out Eurovision Song Contest-according to them there were TWO people seriously injured.
Wonder if Robert will be checking out situation in lovely Pakistan[Land of the Pure] where there
are reports of shooting and deaths in Karachi-looks like Musharraf may be big,big Trouble.
at May 12, 2007 7:35 AM
Morgane perhaps Naseems will get her wish for mild sharia in the pak. l hope she will get rid of her cd's and tv, radio before the islamists take over her too western furniture stores as she will be regulated to selling carpets.
Posted by: ZenaWarriorPrincess at May 12, 2007 7:50 AM
Just more proof...they're frantic, scared shitless at the thought of people actually rejecting their power & control racket (not to mention the fact that they'd be strung up like the charlatans they are for fooling the masses for nearly 1,400 years).
Reality sucks for them, they know it...and they're right.
Posted by: jcom972 at May 12, 2007 6:55 PM
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