Thread: Beware the Bicycle Bomb

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A bicycle bomb exploded in a market in the Turkish port city of Izmir on Saturday, injuring 15 people on the eve of a planned mass anti-government rally, police said. Sunday's protest in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, is aimed at putting pressure on the Islamist-rooted government and uniting the opposition amid rising political tensions ahead of early general elections on July 22.

"The bomb exploded on a bicycle ... The injured are being treated at two local hospitals," a police spokesman said, adding that two of the injured were seriously hurt.

There seems to be two possibilities. It was either Kurdish resistance or Islamists who might want to scare people out of protesting their leadership. Personally, I think Turkey needs to get used to Islamists using force to scare people into being docile, not resisting their rise to power.

Secularists accuse the AK Party of planning to undermine Turkey's strict separation of state and religion. The AK Party, which has presided over strong economic growth and the launch of Turkey's European Union entry talks, strongly denies the claim.


"The bombing makes us afraid," said Yigit Katuk, a high school student, who lives near the blast area. "Our republic is under threat, that's why I'm going with my whole family."

Good luck with that.

When I read your headline, I thought, "Damn, MORMON jihadists."

Originally Posted by Davocrat

When I read your headline, I thought, "Damn, MORMON jihadists."

lol Nice.