"Turkish official condemns Tancredo's remarks
By The Associated Press
July 19, 2005
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul today condemned comments by Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., that the United States could "take out" Islamic holy sites if there were a nuclear attack on America by Muslim fundamentalists.
Gul, whose nation is officially 99 percent Muslim, commented on the congressman's remarks at a news conference with Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern in the Turkish capital of Ankara."
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