Several hurt in Turkey shop blast (Kurds)

[IndianaGreen]

Several hurt in Turkey shop blast

At least 11 people have been hurt in Turkey in an explosion in front of a supermarket in the city of Istanbul.

Istanbul's Governor Muammer Guler said the blast was apparently caused by a bomb left outside the shop.

A Kurdish militant group has claimed responsibility for planting the device in the Bahcelievler suburb, the Kurdish news agency Firat reports.

The same group also claimed a blast in an internet cafe in Istanbul that killed one and injured 16 last week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4710424.stm

[cantstandbush]

1. Now do you see why Saddam went after the Kurds?

They were trying to overthrow the government, break-off from Iraq, and take the oil with them. As many Kurds were killed by other Kurds as were killed by Saddam. Check out the intra-conflict history of the Kurds over the time Saddam was in power.

[catnhatnh]

2. Rats....

From the headline I was hoping the turkey was Cheney and that you mispelled the part about him being blown to curds....

[Wordie]

3. Let's pray that these remain relatively isolated incidents.

There were predictions that if we went into Iraq and upset the balance of power in the region, that there was a huge risk of the Kurdish push for independence spilling over into Turkey. Iran, too, for that matter.

[IndianaGreen]

5. Everything the neocons predicted has turned out to be wrong

I don't expect that karma changing anytime soon!

[Wordie]

6. Not only wrong, but having the exact opposite effect of what they wanted.

We've managed to strenthen the extremist mullahs in Iran, create a training ground for terrorists in Iraq, discredit the US in the eyes of the world...

I could go on...

[Roland99]

4. Or are was it a CIA or Turkish operation acting like a Kurdish group?

Something to give justification for a crackdown on militant elements in the Kurdish terroritories?


:tinfoilhat: