"Turkey detains key al Qaeda figure
Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:19 PM ET
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By Ayla Jean Yackley
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police have detained a suspected al Qaeda militant from Syria who they believe was organizing an attack on Israeli targets in Turkey, security sources said on Wednesday.
The suspect, believed to be the top figure in Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network in Turkey, was apprehended in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Sunday as he attempted to board a plane for Istanbul, the sources said"
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