Thread: 28 dead, 60 injured in terror attack

this never happen until Obama become President he had to do with all of this no two way about just think about this &( hillary has a hand in this also )
I want trump in fast he will.not still for this

CBS News: Istanbul Suicide Bombers May Have Been Chechen Jihadists From Russia

June 29, 2016 7:25 PM

ISTANBUL (CBSNewYork/AP) — It was an attack that echoed the carnage earlier this year at the Brussels airport, down to the taxi that carried the men to their target: Inciting panic and then taking lethal advantage, three suicide attackers unleashed a deadly tide of bullets and bombs at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, leaving 42 dead.

Authorities blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria for the blood bath late Tuesday, a coordinated assault on one of the world’s busiest airports and on a key NATO ally that plays a crucial role in the fight against the extremist group.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility by the terror group.

CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan reported the current working theory is the attackers may have been Chechen jihadists from southwest Russia who could have links to ISIS. DNA tests on the attackers are underway.

More than 230 people were wounded in the attack, but 109 have been discharged from hospitals.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters that air traffic returned to normal and “Our airport has been opened to flights and departures” in a press statement at the airport early Wednesday morning.

Turkish Airline’s website says “flight operations have been restarted” and instructs passengers to monitor actual flight information.

Daylight in Istanbul Wednesday revealed more of the devastating aftermath. Workers were seen removing debris from a destroyed terminal where walls of glass were completely blown out from the impact of the blasts.

Dutch businessman Henk de Jager returned to the airport after witnessing the triple suicide bombings.

“I saw one of the suicide killers blow himself up,” he said.

In a video posted after Tuesday night’s attack, a Turkish fireman walks past the motionless body of a man lying face up, most of his right arm missing, near a Turkcell phone stand. Police and investigators carrying crackling radios examine the scene, where a few dazed passengers remain, weaving their way through scraps of debris littered over a bloodied floor.

Ticket windows were also shattered by bullets from the attackers, who officials say arrived in a taxi before opening fire and setting off explosives.

Surveillance video captured the moment one of the suicide bombers blew up outside the international terminal. Other footage appears to show a second attacker, who falls, drops a weapon and then detonates his vest soon after.

The third attacker set off explosives in an airport parking lot.

The triple bombings came only a day after the U.S. re-issued a travel alert, warning about increased terror threats in Turkey.

“It certainly seems to suggest there was additional information available to the US government and certainly to the Turks that there were threats perhaps in the offing and it doesn’t suggest that they saw something that was troubling,” CBS News’ senior security analyst Juan Zarate said.

CBS2’s Jonathan Vigliotti reported that security experts said the attackers were targeting the airport’s large crowds.

“These individuals were likely not only well-armed, but trained, and certainly had coordinated before the attack and planned it out for a number of weeks, if not months,” Zarate said.

Officials say it proves the need for constant vigilance.

“We have to get it right 24-7, 365. They have to get it right for 10 minutes or one hour,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.

Those who survived recounted the frightening moments as scores of people ran, some ducking into stores.

“We had some people, they were so scared,” said witness Thomas Kemper. “They started to try to get out of the windows from the Turkish Airlines lounge, but, of course, the glass was too heavy.”

Recent Fordham graduate Adam Keally was among those who escaped.

“People were shooting on one side and we all ran the other way and then bombs went off,” he said.

Sam Spennato was on board one of the last flights out of Istanbul. She’s now back home in Atlanta.

“I’m shaking, but I’m relieved,” she said. “I just started thanking God that I was in the air and that he was watching over me and I was fine.”

While officials say the nature of the attacks leads them to believe ISIS may be behind them, the group has not claimed responsibility, CBS2’s Janelle Burrell reported.

Security experts say this latest attack proves ISIS and terror cells are expanding their reach, going after soft targets in Western capitals.

“ISIS is trying to find vulnerabilities, not just to attack in places like Iraq and Syria but well beyond into places Turkey, Europe and even potentially in North America,” Zarate said.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the United States condemns the attacks in the strongest terms possible.

He said the Istanbul airport, like the Brussels airport that was attacked earlier this year, is a symbol of international connections and the ties that bind nations together.

Earnest said the United States remains steadfast in its support for Turkey, a NATO ally and partner, “along with all of our friends and allies around the world, as we continue to confront the threat of terrorism.”

President Barack Obama also offered his condolences to the Turkish people. He spoke after a one-on-one meeting in Canada with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

“We have offered all assistance that we have available to our ally, Turkey, and we stand prepared to assist them during this difficult time,” Obama said.

Obama also spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the flight to Canada.

Airports around the world have increased their security in response to the attack.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/...-attack-death-toll/

I have had the privilege to listen to a few experts in the area of dealing with this problem over the last couple of days. Unfortunately, we are not on the correct path nor does this president see the real problem and offers very little hope in correcting the course necessary to capture and kill the enemy (keep us safe). Over 1,000 dead and 1,000's more injured worldwide from ISIS in the last thirty days.

US airstrikes kill at least 250 ISIS fighters in convoy outside Fallujah, official says

Fox News‎ - 2 hours ago

A series of American airstrikes killed at least 250 ISIS fighters driving in a convoy outside Fallujah on Wednesday, a senior U.S. defense official ...

Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:44pm EDT

Istanbul airport bombers were Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz: Turkish official

ISTANBUL | BY HUMEYRA PAMUK AND DAREN BUTLER

Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers who killed 44 people in a gun and bomb attack at Istanbul's main airport this week were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals, a Turkish government official said on Thursday.

The attack on one of the world's busiest airports, a hub at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, was the deadliest in a series of suicide bombings in Turkey this year.

The three bombers opened fire to create panic outside, before two of them got inside the terminal building and blew themselves up. The third detonated his explosives at the entrance. A further 238 people were wounded.

The official gave no further details beyond confirming the attackers' nationalities and declined to be named because details of the investigation have not yet been released. Forensics teams had been struggling to identify the bombers from their limited remains, officials said earlier.

"A medical team is working around the clock to conclude the identification process," one of the officials said.

Interior Minister Efkan Ala told parliament that evidence continued to point to Islamic State responsibility and that 19 of the dead were foreigners. Ala said the identity and nationality of one of the bombers had been determined but did not comment further.

The pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper said the Russian bomber was from Dagestan, which borders Chechnya, where Moscow has led two wars against separatists and religious militants since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper named him as Osman Vadinov and said he had come from Raqqa, the heart of Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria. The Russian interior ministry said it was checking information about Vadinov.

A spokesman for Kyrgyzstan's state security service said it was investigating, while the Uzbek security service had no immediate comment.

Thousands of foreign fighters from scores of countries have crossed Turkey to join Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in recent years. Turkey has tightened security on the Syrian border but has long argued it needs more information from foreign intelligence agencies to intercept the fighters.

The revelation that one of the attackers was a Russian national comes at an awkward time for relations between Ankara and Moscow, strained since Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border last November.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wrote to Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week to express regret over the incident, but officials in Ankara say he stopped short of making the apology Moscow wants before it will lift economic sanctions.

RELATED COVERAGE

• › Russia calls on Turkey to fight terror together after Istanbul bombing: agencies

Nikolai Patrushev, the head of Russia's Security Council, sent a telegram to his Turkish counterpart calling for cooperation in fighting terrorism after the bombing, Russian news agencies reported.

DAWN RAIDS
Turkish police detained 13 people, four of them foreigners, in raids across Istanbul in connection with Tuesday night's attack.

Broadcaster CNN Turk said they were accused of providing logistical support for the bombings.

Counter-terrorism teams led by police special forces launched simultaneous raids at 16 locations in the city, two officials told Reuters.

Yeni Safak said the organizer of the attack was suspected to be a man called Akhmed Chatayev, of Chechen origin. Chatayev is identified on a United Nations sanctions list as a leader in Islamic State responsible for training Russian-speaking militants, and as wanted by Russian authorities.

Turkish officials did not confirm to Reuters that Chatayev was part of the investigation.

Wars in neighboring Syria and Iraq have fostered a home-grown Islamic State network blamed for a series of suicide bombings in Turkey, including two others this year targeting foreign tourists in the heart of Istanbul.

Islamic State has established a self-declared caliphate on swathes of both Syria and Iraq and declared war on all non-Muslims plus Muslims who do not accept its ultra-hardline vision of Sunni Islam. It has claimed responsibility for similar bomb and gun attacks in Belgium and France in the past year.

Turkey, a member of the NATO military alliance and part of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, has repeatedly fired back on the Sunni hardliners in recent months after rocket fire from northern Syria hit the border town of Kilis.

In a sign of the growing threats to Turkey, U.S. defense sources said on Wednesday that Washington was moving towards permanently banning families from accompanying U.S. military and civilian personnel deployed in the country.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the Istanbul attack bore the "hallmark" of Islamic State and that one U.S. citizen had been slightly injured.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tu...-idUSKCN0ZG0RM

US, Iraqi strikes kill at least 250 ISIS fighters in Iraq convoys

Fox News‎ - 1 day ago

Iraqi aircraft joined the U.S.-led coalition in airstrikes targeting Islamic State convoys, a U.S. ...