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Would Be Obama Assasin Arrested; One down, three to go
Topic Started: Apr 6 2009, 06:06 PM (292 Views)
JoeB
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Istanbul, 6 April (AKI) - As United States president Barack Obama began an official visit to Turkey on Monday, reports surfaced that a Syrian man was arrested in Istanbul in connection with a plot to kill him. The man - who sought to disguise himself as a journalist for the Arab TV network Al-Jazeera - managed to obtain press accreditation and allegedly planned to stab the US president with a knife, said Saudi daily al-Watan.

The Saudi daily contacted Al-Jazeera's bureau in the Turkish capital Ankara and spoke with the bureau's director Yusuf al-Sharif who claimed the Syrian man never worked with Al-Jazeera.

The suspect was arrested last Friday in Istanbul, where he had been permanently living for a number of years. After his arrest, al-Watan said he confessed to having planned Obama's murder and that in case he failed, there were three other accomplices that would carry out the assassination.

Obama arrived in Ankara late on Sunday for a two-day trip to shore up ties with majority-Muslim Turkey, whose support is crucial to the US to solve the conflicts in Iran, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

He is due to meet Turkish president Abdullah Gul and prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Obama was also due to visit the Turkish parliament and address the general assembly.


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ivorythumper
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I am glad the plot was foiled. No doubt he just told the authorities whatever they asked without any extraordinary means of persuasion.
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ivorythumper
Apr 6 2009, 06:39 PM
I am glad the plot was foiled. No doubt he just told the authorities whatever they asked without any extraordinary means of persuasion.
Joey, have you ever been in a turkish prison?
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George K
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The AP says it was a hoax.

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Turkish police detained a man after receiving a hoax tip that he was plotting to kill President Barack Obama but quickly released him without charge, a government official said Tuesday.

The official, who is close to police operations in Turkey, said police detained the suspect — a Turkish national — on Friday after receiving an anonymous e-mail which even gave the suspect's address in Istanbul. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of rules that bar civil servants from speaking to the media without prior authorization.

"There was nothing serious. Police released the man and said he was mentally disturbed," the official said. "The tip turned out to be a hoax. The IP address from which the e-mail was sent was traced to the United States."
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ivorythumper
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jon-nyc
Apr 7 2009, 03:36 PM
ivorythumper
Apr 6 2009, 06:39 PM
I am glad the plot was foiled. No doubt he just told the authorities whatever they asked without any extraordinary means of persuasion.
Joey, have you ever been in a turkish prison?
clicky :lol2:
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George K
Apr 7 2009, 03:48 PM
The AP says it was a hoax.

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Turkish police detained a man after receiving a hoax tip that he was plotting to kill President Barack Obama but quickly released him without charge, a government official said Tuesday.

The official, who is close to police operations in Turkey, said police detained the suspect — a Turkish national — on Friday after receiving an anonymous e-mail which even gave the suspect's address in Istanbul. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of rules that bar civil servants from speaking to the media without prior authorization.

"There was nothing serious. Police released the man and said he was mentally disturbed," the official said. "The tip turned out to be a hoax. The IP address from which the e-mail was sent was traced to the United States."
Wow.

Something tells me this originated with an online argument, and someone got back at the turkish guy by reporting him as an assassin to the turkish authorities.
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