Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : War -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (19939)	5/18/2003 8:59:55 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 23908

"Thanks to your democratic laws we will invade you; thanks to our religious laws we will dominate you." As said to Archbishop of Izmir - Asia Minor during an official meeting on Islamic-Christian dialogue by an authoritative Muslim person.October 2001.

To: lorne who wrote (19939)	5/18/2003 9:13:32 AM
From: Yaacov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

I believe time has come for the US Government to toughen-up to Islamic Activists! These are the enemy within, in not too far future may see all these bastards expelled as the enemy alliens.

To: lorne who wrote (19939)	5/27/2003 9:03:26 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 23908

Islamists leave Turkish military on edge Photo: Tarik Tinazay/AFP Turkish army chief Hilmi Ozkok in Ankara where he held a press conference Monday. Associated Press E-mail this Article Print this Article Advertisement Ankara, Turkey — Turkey's top general is concerned about the appointments of Islamic-oriented officials to top government jobs, journalists said Monday, signaling heightened tensions between the fiercely secular military and the Islamic-rooted ruling party. Chief of Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok spoke to journalists after a newspaper article last week sparked rumours of a possible military coup attempt — a sensitive issue in a country where there have been three coups in the past 40 years. The reporters, who spoke on television after meeting with Gen. Ozkok, said the general was especially troubled by the replacement of top bureaucratic officials with those close to the governing party. He refused to respond when asked what the military would do if the government did not halt the appointments, and he reacted angrily to speculation of a coup. Gen. Ozkok also denied reports of a rift between the military leadership and the lower ranks, as reported in the Cumhuriyet newspaper Friday. The newspaper wrote that young officers were "uneasy" about the government's policies — but Gen. Ozkok said that sentiment was shared by the whole military, the reporters said. Reports of tensions between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party and the armed forces are closely watched in Turkey. The military also pressured an Islamic-led government out of power in 1997. The military considers itself the guardian of Turkey's secular constitution and long has been suspicious of Mr. Erdogan's governing party, rooted in Turkey's pro-Islamic movement. The party insists it has no Islamic agenda and is focusing on fixing Turkey's ailing economy and joining the European Union. Mr. Erdogan tried to downplay the situation Monday. "Turkey is a democratic, secular ... state and everything is conducted within a democratic process," he said. Last month, tensions burst into public when Gen. Ozkok and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer boycotted an official party because parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc's wife — who wears an Islamic-style head scarf — would have hosted it. She did not attend the event but her presence at a previous official function was seen by some here as an Arinc challenge to Turkey's secular laws, which bar the scarves in schools and government offices. Newspapers have reported that the military is concerned about a government-proposed reform package that aims to advance Turkey's EU membership bid by amending antiterror laws and allowing Kurdish broadcasts on private television stations. The military waged a 15-year war against autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels and fears that some EU-oriented moves could undermine internal security.