Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Fnday November War on terrorism By Dafna Linzerf Associated Press Writer attributed to have taken place in Muslim countries including Pakistan Indonesia Tunisia Yemen Morocco and Saudi Arabia The exception was an attack on an Israeli charter (light arid hotel in Kenya earlier this ' The latest bombings in Turkey have made one thing dear Everyday tile in the Muslim world is no longer and jts safe from With militants brazenly allies AP photo attacking targets and Civilian’s A wounded Turkish man leaves inside their own countries1 the scene after he got first aid near the British Consulate in intelligencespecialists warn the spreading war on terrorism Istanbul Turkey on Thursdayis becoming harder to light v j While US-le- d military f action in Afghanistan helped it also sent disrupt hundreds of its Continued from A 1 V and deeply indoctrinated fighters fleeing back home to confronting this menace"-- ' places front the Middle East : Bush said the bombing' and Asia Now those bent on showed Gutter contempt for holy war have found their innocent life" followers fresh targets V own ' "The terrorists hope to J and new victims in a part of intimidate they hope to the world where no one was demoralize They are not them expecting ' going to succeed" the presiAs a result intelligence dent said agencies don't know whether US and Turkish officials recent attacks in Saudi Ani- said the bombings bore the bia Iraq Indonesia Morocco marks of an opera- - v the Philippines and now tion with are the work of Turkey d timing and the use of Osama bin Laden's organiza-tio- n explosives or the responsibility of The first pickup truck any number of offshoots that similar philosophy : headquarters of HSBC the ‘The phenomenon we’re bank world's second-largeseeing in the Musljm world shearing off the white facade today is in large part because of thel8-stor- y building and the boys have gone home ' exposing the gray concrete from Afghanistan” said beneath Matthew Levitt a former FBI ' Windows :were blown out umerterronsm analys He and scraps of white ceiling' ' said material Wangled caught on jnajority of s appe to te ccJnt tom electrical wires swaying ‘but t could be the Qaida the breeze ork of afrihated tworks About 10 minutes laten a who went through the people second truck crashed travel- or camps the gate of the British con6 ' sulate five miles away in L1 vC't at difncult historic district’ a Jlaes Beyoglu ' popular with tourists The f nJ1®enrfmc1es' saic!' 1ar’ a looked like a foid vehicle ''! analyst ' “It S harder to follow a bunch with the truck explodelivery of different groups coming at sives in large metal food con- ' from different direc- ' taiiiers tte Anatolia news : y°u tions he Said1 speaking agency reported! ' Cplumbia Uni- v Wednesday The blast destroyed annexes ' : main tte to buildingandtore jlvcrsity Since the Sept’ 1 1 attacks apart a wall surrounding the'lfV ' actions nearly all consulate’s garden Wounded " ' ' ’’ people edvered in dust and blood Staggered away from ? tte area Two women stood outside the consulate crying and shouting for their rela- - And while a centralized largely struck at American symbols terrorists now da choose targets in their home countries such as shopping centers apartment complexes restaurants syna- -' gpgues or government facilir lies The result has meant high casualties among Mus- lint women and children In high-impa- ! ct 'foj L? "' : ed ( da V fertiliz-er-base- Consul-Gener- st APphoto bombersTurkish Foreign1 Minister Abdullah Gul said the two bombers had visited Afghanistan in the past Intelligence agencies differ about capabilities two years after the United - : al-i- n - ' Jlheterrorstgroup may be close to col apsmg But August Hanning head : of Germanv's Federal Intelli- &enL’e fV ive said in a speech Thursday in Germany has “regeneruL- that ed'' although bin Laden's’1 V ' role in plahning1 attacks is hard fd pin down "But we believe he still plays an important role’ in the : background'! he said”He " day-tq-id- like-mind- ed in Out! ’’ 11 communicates with his sup- porttn through his messages tic tries to mobilize them and pi course he uses thy siiuation in Iraq Intelligence agencies iiNo fear parts of Southeast Asia — notably Indonesia— and East Africa are heconiing ter- rorist hases Hanning said! and he expressed particular’ alarm about Turkey — a secu-- 1 evidence 'whatsoever that whathappeiied in Turkey’ is tied to Iraq No ohe expoctvio see-i:nd to the violence an time- should make no inis- thinking somehow that tv’rrorism is ahating Attor- ne C’eneral John Ashcroft A’ sld- Thursdav : ii " ’ ' 'Jtl’ —- - ' Dafna Linger covers terrorism for The Associated Press ED’TPSNOTE —- PINE CONE ACRES Open Daily Noon to 7:00 Open ’ Nqy-26- ' All Day Loaded with Saturday Urge Trees (10 T4ft) V thru 'i”-- Colorado Spruce ' Call or 764-716- 7 747-356- ’ 7V :' -’ “Cars were flying there was blood everywhere” said i Mehinet Dag a delivery man who was just 100 yards from the consulate' Burned oiil cars some with ’their doors blown open’ sat in front of the bank building in the affluent Istanbul district of Levenl Some police : wore surgical masks against tte smoke and stench of bum- ':i ing wires An unidentified caller to arid a Anatolia said small military Turkish group tte Islamic Great Eastern Diamonds From Antwerp Belgium Today November 21st Qene Needham is in Anttverp Belgium hand selecting fancy shaped diamonds Raiders’ Front known as IBDA-jointly claimed responsibility for attacks Premier Recep Tayy ip Erdo- gan whose Islamic-roote- d political party draws support from some Turks who oppose Turkey’s close ties with the West vowed to defeat the attackers who struck during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan ‘Those who bloodied this holy day and massacred inno- cent people will account for it in both worlds" he said “They will be damned until C eternity” ' : : Here is Ocnc Needham working with the diamond cutters of Antwerp Belgium He is carefully sorting through beautifully cut diamonds in order to select the best values He is Ux iking specifically for the most favorable combinations of cut color and clarity With this advantage : matched quality for quality SE Needham’s offers the lowest prices on diamonds in the area and off sale's or any consistently beats any 0 wholesale prices Ui ras- tr ' 50-7- Speaking to Blair Erdogan also pledged to step up the fight against terror “There is no faltering” Erdogan said according U Anatolia “We shall continue our fight against terrorism with more O' ed "i fervor” Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said at least 27 people were killed and 450 injured adding tte attacks were car- lied out by suicide bombers and were similar to tte syna- gogue bombings in which hundreds of pounds of fertilizer-based explosives were ' trucks into packed : : 1056 NorthWesUide HWYI" 3 Payton Idaho (435)563-541- 9 Shattered glass littered the area- " V tali Cpnqlor pjr - 'tivies'’ v l: " (Any 5ize $25) ’1: trists 'I don't think Iraq mat' terv" said Levitt "There’s no - States went after the organia- tonnAlghanistan Pillar " det HSBC Bank building and its surrounding area is seen after an explo- -' sion in Istanbul Turkey on Thursday Explosions hit the Turkish HSBC bank and the Britishcon-sulat- e headquarter of the London-base- d killing at least'25 people and wounding about 400 health off' icials said al - - - lS' da da t : Levitt said those casualties ' mean little for but could help convince the Muslim world how dangerous the organization is In Washington US offi- cials said it was toofcarly to know whether the deadly attacks this week in Turkey were the work of More than two dozen people were killed in Istanbul Thursday including the British Roger Short and nearly 450 people wound ed when suicide bombers exploded trucks ata bank and the British consulate! Last week twin car bombing ouL side two Istanbul synagogueskilled 23 people plus the two” ' Center d anti-Weste- rn the Nov" 13 attacksin Turkey and one a week earlier in ’’’ Saudi Arabia the overwhelming number of victims were ‘ Muslim da well-train- Washington-base- for Strategic and International Studies said targeting Turkey "is yet another tragic demon- stration of the fact that the war on terrorism is not a clash between civilizations buf rather a struggle within the - Islamic world1" between1 those u ho w ant a theocracy and those who would modern- ize:: v Hanning the German inlelv ' ligence’ chief holed that anti- American and sentiment isgrowjiig in the Arab world in part due to the I'S-le- d wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Israeli- Palestinian conflict ' Experts say those ments help terrorist organiza- tions recruit new members and raise funds But the occupation in Iraq alone isn't what’s dris mg the terrorists to year- - da safe lar Muslim country NATO membei and ally of Israel "These are clear signals that targets are being attacked that signal Turkey's cooperation with the West and with Israel" Hanning said Anthony ('ordesman with-th- Analysis harder to fight say specialists : MaosOiiinnis m® lounger prove SdDinnilbDinigs 2003 — A7 21 Store Hours: Mon - Fri 9:30 - 8:00 Sat ‘til 6:00 141 N Main 752-714- 9 wwwseneedhamcom 9 Middle of the block at the sign of the clock |