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Attacks in Istanbul Hit British Sites, Killing 27


(New York Times) Two huge truck-bomb explosions wrecked the British Consulate and a British bank in Istanbul on Thursday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 450. An anonymous caller to the Anatolian news agency said the attack on Thursday was a joint effort of al-Qaeda and a Turkish group, the Islamic Front of the Raiders of the Great Orient, or IBDA-C. The same group also claimed responsibility for the twin bombings of two Istanbul synagogues on Saturday, in which 23 people were killed. "Those who bloodied this holy day [Ramadan] and massacred innocent people will account for it in both worlds," said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "They will be damned until eternity."
2003-11-21 00:00:00
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