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Turkey arrests 21 Al-Qaeda suspects

By NNN-KUNA,

Istanbul : Turkish police on Friday arrested 21 suspected members of Al-Qaeda in a major operation in Istanbul, according to Anatolia news agency.

The agency added that the arrested suspects had received military training in Afghanistan and were preparing attacks.

Turkish police detained 24 suspected members of Osama bin Laden’s group, including Al-Qaeda’s alleged Istanbul chief, in April.