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    THREE CHARGED IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY ON SUSPICION OF GOING TO AL-QA'IDAH CAMP

    Anadolu Agency
    April 28 2009
    Turkey

    Van: Three people, one of them a Syrian citizen, who had been
    apprehended in an operation conducted in Van on allegations that
    they intended to go to Al-Qa'idah camps in Afghanistan, have been
    arrested. It is stated that one of these individuals, Minur Hayal,
    is a relative of Yasin Hayal, who is a suspect in an ongoing trial
    for the murder of [Turkish Armenian journalist] Hrant Dink.

    According to information obtained by and Anatolia correspondent,
    teams from the Counter-terrorism and Intelligence Sections of the
    Van Security Directorate put Minur Hayal, Ozgur Usta and Syrian
    citizen Serhan Ahmed, all of whom had come from Istanbul to Van,
    under surveillance.

    The suspects, who sought to cross into Iran with false identity
    documents and passports, boarded a minibus that was departing for
    the border.

    The suspects, who wanted to go to the Yuksekova district of Hakkari
    Province, and from there to cross into Iran, were taken into custody
    in an operation conducted against the minibus by police teams at the
    exit of Kurubas village, on the road from Van to Hakkari.

    Hayal, Usta, and Ahmed, who were brought before the Van Court following
    two days of questioning in the Counter-terrorism Section, were charged
    by the Fourth Court for Serious Crimes with "membership in a terrorist
    organization" and "falsification of documents".

    It is stated that, of the suspects, who it has been learned wanted
    to go to Al-Qa'idah's camps in Afghanistan, Minur Hayal is related
    to Yasin Hayal, one of the suspects in the trial for the murder of
    journalist Hrant Dink.
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