Turkey finds sarin gas in homes of suspected Syrian Islamists – reports

[dipsydoodle]

Turkish security forces found a 2kg cylinder with sarin gas after searching the homes of Syrian militants from the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Nusra Front who were previously detained, Turkish media reports. The gas was reportedly going to be used in a bomb.

The sarin gas was found in the homes of suspected Syrian Islamists detained in the southern provinces of Adana and Mersia following a search by Turkish police on Wednesday, reports say. The gas was allegedly going to be used to carry out an attack in the southern Turkish city of Adana.

On Monday, Turkish special anti-terror forces arrested 12 suspected members of the Al-Nusra Front, the Al-Qaeda affiliated group which has been dubbed "the most aggressive and successful arm” of the Syrian rebels. The group was designated a terrorist organization by the United States in December.

Police also reportedly found a cache of weapons, documents and digital data which will be reviewed by police.

http://rt.com/news/sarin-gas-turkey-al-nusra-021/

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Turkish authorities question 6 terror suspects, deny sarin gas was seized

The Anadolu Agency reported Friday that authorities released six other people without charge who were detained during the raids in Adana, Hatay, Mersin and Istanbul.

Authorities have refused to identify the suspects, but the private Dogan news agency said all 12 were detained during a police sweep on suspected members of al-Qaida or of Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaida linked opposition force fighting in Syria.

Huseyin Avni Cos, governor of Adana province, said some chemical materials were confiscated during the raid, but denied a report which claimed that sarin gas was seized during the raids. He said experts were trying to determine what the materials could be used for.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkish-authorities-question-6-terror-suspects-deny-sarin-gas-was-seized/2013/05/31/00aff4be-c9f3-11e2-9cd9-3b9a22a4000a_story.html

[jakeXT]

4. Some chemicals ?

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Kinda makes you wonder...

Is it even remotely possible that Syrian rebels would be trying false-flag chemical attacks in a bid to trick Western powers into intervening? Naaaaahhhhhh.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. This s where the source has to be questioned

RT is good, but on this hardly neutral.

I will say the same about WAPO