A family who were having a meal in a nearby café ran out onto the street when they heard the explosion. They were shocked by the scene of the tangled bus and bodies lying everywhere and, fearing that there would be a further blast, they ran away from the scene.
At the same time there were two other blasts after explosive devices were placed in rubbish bins on the main boulevard in Marmaris. Although it is a popular tourist area lined with bars, clubs, cafés and restaurants, there were no serious injuries connected with these blasts.
Six people were injured in a suburb of Istanbul when a bomb exploded in the garden of a school. Witnesses said the blast caused panic, with people covered in blood running away from the scene, and glass and debris flying through the air.
NOT HELPING THEIR CAUSE
The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons made it obvious that although they were targeting Turkey’s tourist industry, the real reason was to further its separatist cause for the country’s sizeable Kurdish minority. The explosions coincided with the installation of Turkey’s new military chief of staff, Yasar Büyükanit, who had announced an unyielding fight against the terror attacks of the Kurdish extremists. The PKK, who ended a cease-fire in 2004, has used violent means to fight for their political rights for more than 20 years. More than 30,000 people lost their lives during a guerrilla war which took place in Turkey between the years of 1984 to 1999.
The Kurds do have reason to be bitter, due to their history with the three states of Iran, Iraq and Turkey. Over the years Iraqi Kurds have been brutally massacred by Saddam Hussein. However, the Kurds are not helping their cause especially at a time when Turkey is endeavouring to join the EU. By targeting civilians, the so-called ‘Freedom Falcons’ are only making things worse for the people they claim to represent. Ordinary Turks, who are enraged at the latest spate of violence, are now calling for firm action to crush the Kurdish rebels once and for all.
To take action, however, would only bring about further bloodshed. It would do nothing to bring about a lasting settlement and would only do more serious damage to the Kurdish cause.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Contents
Introduction
The Origins of Terrorism
PART ONE: EARLY TERRORISM
Jing Ke, The Master Assassin
The Assassination of Pompey
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
The Zealots
Ali ibn Abi Talib
The Assassin Movement
PART TWO: 1600–1899
The Gunpowder Plot
The Boston Tea Party
John Brown’s Fight Against Slavery
Pogroms in Odessa
Assassination of Tsar Alexander II
Haymarket Square Riot
PART THREE: 1900–1969
The Los Angeles Times Bombing
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Wall Street Bombing
The Hebron Massacre
The Bombing of King David Hotel
The Qibya Massacre
Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church
The Black Panthers
El Salvador Death Squads
PART FOUR: 1970–1989
Avivim School Bus Massacre
Black September
Lod Airport Massacre
Bloody Friday
Munich Massacre
Diplomatic Assassinations in Khartoum
Dublin-Monaghan Bombs
The Laju Incident
IRA Coach Bomb
Cambodia Genocide
The OPEC Hostages
Assassination of Aldo Moro
Airey Neave bombing
Iranian Embassy Siege
The Bologna Massacre
Hyde Park and Regent’s Park Bombings
Rangoon Bombing
The Sabra and Shatila Massacre
Gulf Air Flight 771
Harrods Bomb Blast
The Brighton Bomb
TWA Flight 847
Air India Flight 182
Egypt Air Flight 648
Enniskillen Massacre
Pan Am Flight 103
Attack on The Royal Marine School of Music
PART FIVE: 1990–2006
The Murder of Ian Gow
World Trade Center Bombing
Warrington Bomb Attacks
Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901
Genocide in Rwanda
Kizlyar Hospital Siege
Docklands Devastation
Acteal Massacre
September 11
Moscow Theatre Hostage Crisis
The Bali Bombing
Gulf War Number Three
Chechnya ‘Black Widows’
Beslan School Hostage Crisis
Madrid Bombings
The July 2005 London Bombings
Bombs Rock Egypt
Mumbai Massacre
Israel–Lebanon Terror
Britain on ‘Red Alert’
Rebel Attack in Turkey
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