ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has captured three Al Qaida insurgents who had
escaped Afghanistan and were on their way to carry out a suicide bombing in
Israel.Turkish officials said the three were captured after a nationwide
manhunt that began 10 days ago. They identified the suspects as two
Palestinians and a Jordanian and said information and access were given to
Israeli and U.S. intelligence agents.The three suspects were said to have escaped Afghanistan, traveled
overland through Iran and crossed the Turkish border. Officials said they
were detained on Feb. 15 in the eastern province of Van after police chased
and captured the car of the suspects. Another 10 suspects believed to have
helped the Al Qaida members have also been detained.Police spokesman Feyzullah Arslan said one suspect had confessed to a
plot to launch a suicide bombing in the Tel Aviv area. Arslan, who said
other Al Qaida suspects are being sought, disclosed that the three men
detained had planned to make their way from Turkey to Syria and Jordan
before arriving in Israel.
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