Turkish purge of Islamic preachers

Ankara - The Turkish government will remove 73 Islamic preachers for links to the militant Islamic group, Hizbullah, which it…

Ankara - The Turkish government will remove 73 Islamic preachers for links to the militant Islamic group, Hizbullah, which it accuses of kidnapping and murdering 56 people, the Anatolia agency reported yesterday.

Turkish police have dug up the bodies of 56 people they believe were killed by the Hizbullah during a campaign of kidnapping and murder. The crackdown was launched on January 17th after police killed the group's leader, Huseyin Velioglu.

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