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December 12, 2016

Turkey: Twin Bombs Kill 38; President Erdogan Vows Vengeance
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In Turkey, a pair of bombs ripped through crowds outside an Istanbul
soccer stadium on Saturday night, killing 38 people and wounding 166
others. A splinter group of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK,
claimed responsibility for the bombings. In response, Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened an emergency security meeting and vowed to
crush Kurdish militants.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: "What we must focus on is this terror
burden. Our people should have no doubt we will continue our battle
against terror until the end. If they plan to intimidate us with these
attacks, we have not degraded ourselves to leave the arena to these
cowards."

A report by Amnesty International last week estimated a half-million
people have been forced from their homes in southeastern Turkey amid a
brutal government crackdown in majority-Kurdish regions.


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