"Attackers of U.S. Consulate in Turkey shared a bleak background
Their profiles are similar to those of young men involved in Al Qaeda-inspired attacks: uneducated, poor, not known to be devout until they met a charismatic 'elder brother.'
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 12, 2008
ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- The electronic buzzer sounded, and the gaggle of gangly 14- and 15-year-old boys jumped up, scattering pumpkin seeds they'd been cracking between their teeth. Their brief break was over; now they had to hurry back to their jobs in the textile factory."
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