Terror Bombings In Turkey

Four bombs have exploded in Turkey, three in a popular tourist destination and the other in Istanbul itself. The media reporting on it engages in speculation with no proof whatsoever.

Anatolian news agency said three blasts occurred around the Mediterranean resort of Marmaris early on Monday, including in the city center, and another in Istanbul's Bagcilar district late on Sunday, injuring 22 people.

The British Foreign Office said 10 British tourists were among the injured and were in hospital, three in intensive care. There were no immediate claims of responsibility and Turkish authorities were not immediately available for comment.

The Britons were in a minibus on one of Marmaris' main streets, packed with bars and restaurants, when the blast occurred.

"I can confirm that there were three explosions but the (British) injuries all came from the first explosion," said a British embassy spokeswoman in Ankara. "All the British injuries were on the minibus."

Nobody has claimed responsibility. But the friendly folks at Reuters are happy to give you plenty of suspicion:

Kurdish separatists, leftists and Islamic militants have carried out bomb attacks in Turkey in the past. The tourist industry is a powerful motor of the Turkish economy, hoping to reach $20 billion in revenues and 26 million visitors this year.

The blasts came only two days after two bombs exploded in the southern Turkish city of Adana, injuring four people.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which launched a separatist campaign in 1984, and other militant groups have been blamed or claimed responsibility for similar blasts in the past.

Turkey, like the United States and European Union, considers the PKK a terrorist organization and blames it for the deaths of more than 30,000 people.

Ankara has recently increased its troop presence in the mainly Kurdish southeast, where security forces are battling PKK guerrillas.

Many groups have engaged in terror bombs. Who does Reuters concentrate on? You be the judge. With exactly as much evidence as Reuters, I highly suspect Iran's hand is in this one. Ahmadinejad is pushing for a war, not the West, not America. Iran.