Shawn Helton
21st Century Wire
The New Year’s Eve Reina Nightclub Shooting may not have been the work of a lone wolf terrorist according to Cevet Ones, a former deputy head for intelligence at Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT).
Shawn Helton
21st Century Wire
As 2016 comes to a close, a nightclub shooting rocks Istanbul on New Year’s Eve. The attack is less than two weeks after Berlin’s known wolf truck attack. Only time will tell if the Turkish club shooting will also turn out to be the work of a known wolf. A massive manhunt is already underway.
Let’s examine the latest details in what appears to be another terror tragedy in Turkey…
Shawn Helton
21st Century Wire
Over the past two months, a man known as ‘Alfonso’ has been reported dead in three separate terror related events by major media and social media, yet the man in question is reportedly alive and well.
Shawn Helton
21st Century Wire
Though many are still reeling in the wake of the Istanbul Attack and subsequent tragedy – key geopolitical questions have emerged following this most recent act of terror.
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A review of all the Top Stories from this week – for your consideration.
Vanessa Beeley
21st Century Wire
The US State Department spokesperson, Mark Toner, “partly, coincidentally” reissued the travel alert for Istanbul the day before the suicide bomb attacks in Istanbul’s Attaturk airport, that so far, have claimed 42 lives and left over 200 wounded.
As Toner waffles through his explanation, one could say he protests too much?
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Is this a step forward that can begin to reverse worrying trends?
Russia cut all ties with Turkey after the nation shot down a Russian fighter jet operating in Syria, killing one pilot and injuring another.
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We’re told so far that 35 people including 5 police officers have been killed, with another 60 injured, after three suicide bombers have attacked the international arrivals terminal at Istanbul Ataturk Airport this evening, following an exchange of gunfire with Turkish aviation security.
