Turkey, Closely Allied With the West Finds Itself New Target in Terror War

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Turkey, Closely Allied With the West, Finds Itself New Target in the Terror War

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAWEKNJAND.html

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - The deadly suicide bombings that hit Istanbul twice in the last week have raised fears that al-Qaida is targeting Turkey because the country is viewed as a model for moderate Muslim nations. It also is exactly what the Islamic militants oppose - a secular democracy, closely allied with the West.
Turkey is NATO's only Muslim member, an ally of Israel and a country that has supported Washington in the war against terrorism. It commanded the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan last year and offered peacekeepers for Iraq.

It is also an overwhelmingly Muslim nation that sees its future with the West - the opposite path that al-Qaida favors.

Those things make it a prime target for Islamic militants, experts say. Officials quickly blamed the bombings last Saturday and Thursday on al-Qaida or its sympathizers.

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1. smells fishy to me

[Maple]

2. People always look

for exotic meanings in these things.

I think it was just 'handy'...unexpected, and unprotected.