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Ooops, should have flagged you all at #2.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan questioned whether the massive Istanbul bombings were the work of the al-Qaeda terror network, as the city's British community joined in solemn prayers for the dead.

Now this is someone whose Islamist-rooted party took power a year ago, and according to this article:

Turkish newspaper Radikal reported Sunday that the intelligence services had had enough information to prevent the attacks or at least minimise casualties, after Erdogan himself acknowledged possible intelligence lapses.

And Radikal joined other newspapers in rounding on Istanbul's police chief who claimed the second attack could have been avoided if not for "irresponsible" reporting about the suspects.

I wonder if Erdogan isn't 100% sure that Al-Qaeda is behind these attacks due to his Islamic ties