Arpa Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 This just in as we speak. CNN News. An explosion at the Masonic bulding in Istambul. 3 confirmed dead and many injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Nuclear or plain napalm? Asking, because I was told there is something called special napalm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 From the Reuters. Note the mention of Islam and AlQaeda. Is Turkey imploding? ====== Two Die in Istanbul Suicide Bomb Blast-Governor Tue Mar 9, 2004 06:22 PM ET By Hamdi Istanbullu ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers struck a crowded restaurant in an Istanbul building used by freemasons late on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding five more, the city's governor said. The explosion, which occurred on the Asian side of the Bosphorus Straits which bisect Turkey's largest city, revived memories of four deadly blasts blamed on the al Qaeda network in November in Istanbul in which 61 people were killed. Governor Muammer Guler told reporters two men entered the restaurant on the ground floor of the three-storey building at 10:10 p.m. (3:10 p.m. EST) after firing at the windows and shooting a security guard in the foot. "(One of the men) detonated the bomb he had on him," Guler said, killing himself and a waiter. The second attacker lost an arm in the blast and was rushed to hospital "with his intestines hanging out," Guler said. About 40 people had been eating in the restaurant at the time of the attack. The explosion occurred near the entrance and the wounded were all seated nearby, Guler said. Apart from broken windows, the building did not suffer much damage. "The identity of the bombers is being investigated," he said. Two eyewitnesses spoke of hearing two explosions, but this could not be immediately confirmed. "I heard a second blast and looked out the window and saw smoke rising from the building," Ahmet Gunesli told NTV commercial television. Freemasonry has long claimed followers in Muslim but secular Turkey among businessmen, academics and politicians, especially in Istanbul, a vibrant, cosmopolitan city of more than 10 million people. November's attacks targeted two synagogues, the British consulate and a British-owned bank, killing 61 and wounding 644 people in one of the worst spate of peacetime violence in modern Turkish history. Turkish prosecutors have opened a court case against 69 people accused of involvement in the attacks, which the authorities have linked to the al Qaeda network. Five defendants face charges carrying a life sentence for "trying to change the constitutional order by force." The rest could face jail terms of up to 22-1/2 years for charges including being a member of, or aiding, an illegal group. (Additional reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley) © Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Most of the "Young Turks" were Masons - many also were Jewish. I suspect there is a lot of secret history behind this. Do you think they all stopped being "Young Turks" or Masons, or Jews, after WW1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Most of the "Young Turks" were Masons - many also were Jewish. I suspect there is a lot of secret history behind this. Do you think they all stopped being "Young Turks" or Masons, or Jews, after WW1? Farmason or Free Masonry in Turkey. See how it applies to us. http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/layiktez.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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