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Several People Arrested After Istanbul Bombings
Aired November 21, 2003 - 06:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: To Turkey now. There is word that several arrests have been made in connection with the deadly bomb attacks in Istanbul.
CNN's Paula Hancocks joins us once again live from Istanbul with the latest on that investigation -- Paula.
PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Carol.
The latest from Istanbul is that there have been some arrests made in relation to these two bombings on Thursday. Abdullah Gul, the Turkish foreign minister, is confirming that those arrests have been made. He wouldn't be (UNINTELLIGIBLE) on a number, though.
And he also said that after the synagogue bombings on Saturday, they identified the suicide bombers within 48 hours. They said the investigation was fast, and they pinned down those responsible very quickly. He seems confident that they might be able to do the same this time around.
For his part, the U.K. foreign minister, Jack Straw, said that he condemns the attacks. He said the world is behind Turkey. An attack on Turkey is an attack on democracy.
And he also said that these attacks, as the ones on Saturday, really do bear the hallmarks of al Qaeda.
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JACK STRAW, BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER: What I said was that they appear to be perpetrated, not that they were, but they appear to be perpetrated by al Qaeda and its associates, and I stand by that statement.
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HANCOCKS: There's a National Security Council meeting being held in about half an hour or so. That's a Security Council meeting of the Turks. It will be the prime minister, the interior minister the justice minister. They say it's not an emergency meeting. They often meet every couple of months or so, but they'll be discussing this situation, the security implications and, of course, the investigation ongoing and how far they've got, how close they are to knowing any more about who this might be.
And then, after that meeting, the prime minister, Erdogan, will be coming down here to Istanbul from Ankara, the capital of Turkey, to assess the damage himself, and he says he'll be going around the hospitals to visit some of those that have been injured in this blast. More than 450 have been injured -- Carol.
LIN: All right, thank you very much. Paula Hancocks live in Istanbul.
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Aired November 21, 2003 - 06:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: To Turkey now. There is word that several arrests have been made in connection with the deadly bomb attacks in Istanbul.
CNN's Paula Hancocks joins us once again live from Istanbul with the latest on that investigation -- Paula.
PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Carol.
The latest from Istanbul is that there have been some arrests made in relation to these two bombings on Thursday. Abdullah Gul, the Turkish foreign minister, is confirming that those arrests have been made. He wouldn't be (UNINTELLIGIBLE) on a number, though.
And he also said that after the synagogue bombings on Saturday, they identified the suicide bombers within 48 hours. They said the investigation was fast, and they pinned down those responsible very quickly. He seems confident that they might be able to do the same this time around.
For his part, the U.K. foreign minister, Jack Straw, said that he condemns the attacks. He said the world is behind Turkey. An attack on Turkey is an attack on democracy.
And he also said that these attacks, as the ones on Saturday, really do bear the hallmarks of al Qaeda.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JACK STRAW, BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER: What I said was that they appear to be perpetrated, not that they were, but they appear to be perpetrated by al Qaeda and its associates, and I stand by that statement.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANCOCKS: There's a National Security Council meeting being held in about half an hour or so. That's a Security Council meeting of the Turks. It will be the prime minister, the interior minister the justice minister. They say it's not an emergency meeting. They often meet every couple of months or so, but they'll be discussing this situation, the security implications and, of course, the investigation ongoing and how far they've got, how close they are to knowing any more about who this might be.
And then, after that meeting, the prime minister, Erdogan, will be coming down here to Istanbul from Ankara, the capital of Turkey, to assess the damage himself, and he says he'll be going around the hospitals to visit some of those that have been injured in this blast. More than 450 have been injured -- Carol.
LIN: All right, thank you very much. Paula Hancocks live in Istanbul.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
