By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Turkish court has charged 24 suspected al-Qaida terrorists accused of planning bomb attacks with membership of a terrorist organization, police said Saturday.
The suspects were rounded up over the past week following a crackdown on another suspected al-Qaida cell in January. They are accused of planning attacks in Istanbul if Turkey sends more troops to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan.
Police said Saturday the planned attacks were similar to al-Qaida linked suicide bombings that targeted two synagogues, the British Consulate and a British bank in Istanbul in 2003 and killed 58 people.
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