ANKARA – Turkish security forces have detained Osama
Bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Gheith in Ankara following a tipoff
from US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Turkish media reported
Saturday.
The former spokesman of the terror network reportedly escaped Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 and settled in a camp in Iran.
The US intelligence learned that he entered Turkey on a false passport and informed the Turkish intelligence agency (MIT) about his location. He was detained at a hotel in Cankaya district of Ankara, Hurryiet Daily News reported, quoting the Daily Milliyet.
The London-based Asharq Al-Awsat quoted a source close to Abu Gheith’s family as saying that he intended to seek political asylum in Turkey.
The man is the husband of Fatima Bin Laden. Abu Gheith is a Kuwaiti national who had citizenship revoked.
The arrest of Abu Gheith came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the US embassy in Ankara killing a Turkish security guard and wounding three other people.
The bombing at the entrance to the highly-fortified embassy in an upmarket area of the capital Friday was the latest in a series of attacks on missions in the Muslim world, highlighting the vulnerability of the country’s 70,000 diplomats.
The White House strongly condemned the bombing, saying it was “clearly an act of terror” while saying it did not know yet who was responsible.
However Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the bomber was a member of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Front (DHKP-C), a radical left-wing group blamed for several attacks since the late 1970s including suicide bombings and attacks on prominent figures. – Agencies
The former spokesman of the terror network reportedly escaped Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 and settled in a camp in Iran.
The US intelligence learned that he entered Turkey on a false passport and informed the Turkish intelligence agency (MIT) about his location. He was detained at a hotel in Cankaya district of Ankara, Hurryiet Daily News reported, quoting the Daily Milliyet.
The London-based Asharq Al-Awsat quoted a source close to Abu Gheith’s family as saying that he intended to seek political asylum in Turkey.
The man is the husband of Fatima Bin Laden. Abu Gheith is a Kuwaiti national who had citizenship revoked.
The arrest of Abu Gheith came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the US embassy in Ankara killing a Turkish security guard and wounding three other people.
The bombing at the entrance to the highly-fortified embassy in an upmarket area of the capital Friday was the latest in a series of attacks on missions in the Muslim world, highlighting the vulnerability of the country’s 70,000 diplomats.
The White House strongly condemned the bombing, saying it was “clearly an act of terror” while saying it did not know yet who was responsible.
However Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the bomber was a member of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Front (DHKP-C), a radical left-wing group blamed for several attacks since the late 1970s including suicide bombings and attacks on prominent figures. – Agencies
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