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November 17, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/international/europe/17CND-TURKEY.html

Group Tied to Al-Qaeda Says It Bombed Turkish Synagogues

(New York Times) - An obscure terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda claimed responsibility Sunday for the twin truck-bombings at two Istanbul synagogues that killed 23 people and wounded more than 300 on Saturday, and Turkish officials said they had evidence that suicide drivers had carried out the blasts. Abdel Bari Atwan, editor of Al Quds al Arabi, a London-based Arab newspaper, told Al Jazeera that the terrorist group, known as the Abu Hafs al Masri Brigades, made the claim by e-mail. The group has been identified with al-Qaeda in the past.

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