Thursday, December 21, 2006

Kurdish militant group "Turkish Hezbollah" issuing terror threats - Europe - International Herald Tribune

"Kurdish militant group 'Turkish Hezbollah' issuing terror threats
The Associated Press
Published: December 21, 2006

ISTANBUL, Turkey: A Kurdish Islamic militant group with reported ties to al-Qaida is re-emerging in Turkey after six years underground — and has started issuing vague but worrying threats, authorities say.

Turkish Hezbollah's rise parallels developments across the broader Muslim world, where the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon are believed to have served as powerful recruiting tools for radical Islamic groups."

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