Turks arrest al Qaeda leader, others

ABC News Online (Australia):

Turkey's state news agency says police have arrested 10 suspected Islamic militants believed to have links to Al Qaeda.

The Anatolian News Agency reports they include a lawyer who has admitted he is the leader of Al Qaeda in Turkey.

The 10 suspects were detained in simultaneous police raids in three cities - Ankara, Istanbul and Ismir - at the start of last month's visit to Turkey by Pope Benedict.

A report from Turkey's state-run news agency says the police had been watching the group for a year and acted on information they had bomb-making equipment.

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The report says police found maps of an oil refinery near Ismir, and seized what they called a CD bomb, thought to explode when played, for the first time.

CNN Turk says the leader is a 25-year-old lawyer and two of the suspects were also members of the Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front (IBDA-C).

That group claimed joint responsibility with Al Qaeda for two bombings at Istanbul synagogues and attacks on a British consulate and the HSBC bank in November 2003, in which more than 60 people were killed.

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Good for the Turks. Al Qaeda is really being beaten around the world despite the gloomy reports from some quarters.

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