{"id":37731,"date":"2011-07-15T20:01:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=37731"},"modified":"2014-01-06T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T12:01:22","slug":"turkey-foils-al-qaeda-plot-against-u-s-embassy-in-ankara-uncovers-bomb-making-chemicals-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/07\/15\/turkey-foils-al-qaeda-plot-against-u-s-embassy-in-ankara-uncovers-bomb-making-chemicals-rifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey foils Al Qaeda plot against U.S. Embassy in Ankara, uncovers bomb-making chemicals, rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY Larry Mcshane<\/p>\n<p>DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER<\/p>\n<p>Turkish soldiers in Ankara, the city where Al Qaeda planned to target the U.S. Embassy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37734\" title=\"alg_turkish_soldiers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/alg_turkish_soldiers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/alg_turkish_soldiers.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/alg_turkish_soldiers-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/>Mustafa Ozer\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>Turkish soldiers in Ankara, the city where Al Qaeda planned to target the U.S. Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen Al Qaeda terrorists were nabbed and 1,500 pounds of bomb-making chemicals seized as Turkish officials foiled a purported plot against the U.S. Embassy in Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>The sweep nabbed conspirators in three cities, along with the chemicals, two assault rifles, ammunition and maps of the Turkish capital, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The 15 were transported to police headquarters in Ankara for questioning by anti-terror specialists, according to Anatolia.<\/p>\n<p>Police made their move on the suspects after a key figure was arrested earlier this week following six months of surveillance, Anatolia said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect reportedly received arms and explosives training at a two-story house in the outskirts of Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve obviously seen the press reports,&#8221; said U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner. &#8220;I&#8217;m aware that our embassy is in touch &#8230; with Turkish authorities about these arrests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>lmcshane@nydailynews.com<\/p>\n<p>via Turkey foils Al Qaeda plot against U.S. Embassy in Ankara, uncovers bomb-making chemicals, rifles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY Larry Mcshane DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Turkish soldiers in Ankara, the city where Al Qaeda planned to target the U.S. Embassy. Mustafa Ozer\/Getty Turkish soldiers in Ankara, the city where Al Qaeda planned to target the U.S. Embassy. Fifteen Al Qaeda terrorists were nabbed and 1,500 pounds of bomb-making chemicals seized as Turkish officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":37734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3765],"class_list":["post-37731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-al-qaeda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}