Yet Again: I Hate Communists and I Hate Terrorists
So, here's a little sunburst of good cheer today from my e-mail In Box.
The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul informs U.S. citizens of the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout Turkey.
As previously mentioned in our Country Specific Information, U.S. citizens in Istanbul should be particularly vigilant in light of upcoming anniversaries associated with the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), a designated terrorist organization. Actions against American business establishments in Istanbul are possible. We remind U.S. citizens to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.
The DHKP/C. You know, at least the Islamist terrorist groups must have this terrific feeling of, "Our cause is advancing! History is on our side!" But the DHKP/C? I mean--even the kibbutzniks have given up on this Marxist-Leninist nonsense.
The organisation was originally formed in 1978 by Dursun Karataş as Revolutionary Left (Turkish: Devrimci Sol or Dev Sol), a splinter faction of Devrimci Yol ("Revolutionary Way"), which splintered from the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey (THKP-C), which in its turn was a splinter of Revolutionary Youth Federation (commonly known in Turkish as Dev Genç).
In 1994 factional infighting within Dev Sol resulted in two factions: the main group led by Dursun Karatas was renamed DHKP/C, while Bedri Yağan created a new THKP-C (not to be confused with the original one).
In all cases of "Parti-Cephe" (Part-/Front) names, "Party" refers to the group’s political activities, while "Front" is a reference to a group’s military operations. Theoretically they are separate entities.
The group espouses a Marxist-Leninist ideology and holds anti-U.S., anti-NATO positions. It considers that the Turkish government is under the control of Western imperialism and seeks to destroy this control by violent means.
And violent they are. They're super-excited about suicide bombings these days. Everything about them sounds like a skit from a lesser-known Monty Python movie, but alas, they're serious about killing people.
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Jun '10
Re: Yet Again: I Hate Communists and I Hate Terrorists
It sounds like a good time to move back home, to boring old America.
Re: Yet Again: I Hate Communists and I Hate Terrorists
Oh, yeah, right, where there's no terrorist threat.
You're dreaming if you think there isn't.
Jun '10
Re: Yet Again: I Hate Communists and I Hate Terrorists
Claire Berlinski, Ed.: Oh, yeah, right, where there's no terrorist threat.
You're dreaming if you think there isn't. · Mar 18 at 6:30am
I'm in Minnesota. I'm more likely to get killed by an angry moose, than by terrorists, and I haven't seen a moose in ten years.
Re: Yet Again: I Hate Communists and I Hate Terrorists
etoiledunord
Claire Berlinski, Ed.: Oh, yeah, right, where there's no terrorist threat.
You're dreaming if you think there isn't. · Mar 18 at 6:30am
I'm in Minnesota. I'm more likely to get killed by an angry moose, than by terrorists, and I haven't seen a moose in ten years. · Mar 18 at 6:48am
You haven't seen a moose in ten years? What happened to all the moose?
Jun '10
Re: Yet Again: I Hate Communists and I Hate Terrorists
Claire Berlinski, Ed.
etoiledunord
Claire Berlinski, Ed.: Oh, yeah, right, where there's no terrorist threat.
You're dreaming if you think there isn't. · Mar 18 at 6:30am
I'm in Minnesota. I'm more likely to get killed by an angry moose, than by terrorists, and I haven't seen a moose in ten years. · Mar 18 at 6:48am
You haven't seen a moose in ten years? What happened to all the moose? · Mar 18 at 7:21am
I just haven't been up in Minnesota moose country lately. I haven't been up there trudging through the woods (trying to shoot Bambi.) But now that I think about it, there's also some worry about a decline in Minnesota's moose population. Some think its because of a parasite infestation, or maybe the warm weather in recent years has just moved their range boundary towards Canada. If it's too warm, they get lazy and sleepy, like me.
May '10
Re: Yet Again: I Hate Communists and I Hate Terrorists
Claire Berlinski, Ed.
etoiledunord
Claire Berlinski, Ed.: Oh, yeah, right, where there's no terrorist threat.
You're dreaming if you think there isn't.
I'm in Minnesota. I'm more likely to get killed by an angry moose, than by terrorists, and I haven't seen a moose in ten years.
You haven't seen a moose in ten years? What happened to all the moose?
The White Man, that's what happened.
May '10
Re: Yet Again: I Hate Communists and I Hate Terrorists
Something tells me that death by terrorism is more likely in Turkey then in the U.S.