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January 15, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/reports-turkish-police-detain-al-qaida-suspects/2014/01/14/7c8ff5b6-7d03-11e3-97d3-b9925ce2c57b_story.html

Turkish Group Behind Gaza Flotilla Suspected of Links to Al-Qaeda

(AP-Washington Post) Turkish anti-terrorism police carried out raids in six cities on Tuesday, detaining at least five people with links to al-Qaeda, including two employees of the government-supported Islamic charity group IHH, which sent the Mavi Marmara ship to Gaza in May 2010. The anti-terrorism police chief for Kilis was removed from his post hours after the raid, a sign that the government was hitting back at police who carried out the raid. The counter-terrorism police chief in Van who coordinated Tuesday's raids was also reassigned to another post. IHH secretary general Yasar Kutluay blamed Israel and supporters of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen for the operation.

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