Turkey - Explosions outside Istanbul soccer stadium, 10 December 2016

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...Turkey-President-Erdogan-military-coup-terror

Above link with video and pics of aftermath.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38276794

"At least one explosion has been heard outside Istanbul's Besiktas sports stadium, Turkish media and witnesses say. There are reports of several people wounded, in what appears to have been an attack on riot police."

[video=youtube;L_YO_zCfZR8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_YO_zCfZR8[/video]

Definitely 2 explosions, you see one and hear the other shortly after here

skibaboo said:

[video=youtube;L_YO_zCfZR8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_YO_zCfZR8[/video]

Definitely 2 explosions, you see one and hear the other shortly after here

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Yikes. Looks like big explosions, too.

And could the contrast be any bigger? Just people living their lives and then you see that in the background.

Looks like the explosions may have been at different locations? See the map at this link:

https://www.rt.com/news/369901-besiktas-stadium-istanbul-explosion/

At Taksim Square and the Vodafone Arena (soccer stadium).

JanetElaine said:

Looks like the explosions may have been at different locations? See the map at this link:

https://www.rt.com/news/369901-besiktas-stadium-istanbul-explosion/

At Taksim Square and the Vodafone Arena (soccer stadium).

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Oh I saw someone mention Taksim Square on a live feed I was watching. Oh man, that would be a busy spot.

gregjrichards said:

Sky news U.K. reporting 13 deaths

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The Guardian too, "more than a dozen".

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...l-football-stadium-causes-multiple-casualties

Not again!

"Another explosion was reported near a shopping mall around Taksim Square, but it received no confirmation.

The Turkish government has imposed a broadcast ban in the country on Saturday night, state-run news agency Anadolu reported."

http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/1.758170

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-turkey-explosions-20161210-story.html

Death toll now at 15, while 69 are injured.

Two locations confirmed: car bomb at stadium, suicide bomb at Macka Park.

Update - 29 dead and 166 injured

"Twin blasts rocked Istanbul this evening, with a car bomb detonating at a football stadium as a suicide attacker struck at a nearby park, killing 29 people and injuring 166 more.

'Two bombings may have taken place according to our understanding: one outside the stadium... the other at Macka Park,' Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.

'The explosion at Macka Park is believed to have been carried out by a suicide bomber,' he added.

The Turkish government imposed a media ban in the wake of the blasts, citing 'national security' concerns.

The car bomb rocked the streets near Istanbul's Besiktas sports stadium late this evening, which lies on the European side of the city."


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[video=cnn;world/2016/12/10/istanbul-explosion-sound-allen-sot.cnn]http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/10/europe/istanbul-explosions/index.html[/video]

Death toll up to 38, 155 wounded.

"No group has claimed responsibility for the twin bombings but ISIS and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have staged attacks in Turkey over the past year.

Thirteen people have have been arrested in connection with the blasts, [...]. "

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/10/europe/istanbul-explosions/index.html

If you followed: (partial events sequence, pardon in advance for any confusion, mostly just noting and wondering incompletely)

Friday - the recent twin Boko Haram market bombings reportedly done by women http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nigeria-boko-haram-blamed-for-suicide-bombers-that-killed-dozens/

Saturday - then this one, at the soccer stadium in Turkey

Sunday - along with the Cotpic Church in Egypt reported this morning http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-blast-idUSKBN1400AU

Friday - which follows the recent attack at the Pyramids https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...0f056da0099_story.html?utm_term=.96f674eade1e

Sunday - maybe the church collapse in YOLA, Nigeria (no reported links yet) http://abcnews.go.com/International...led-crowded-church-collapses-nigeria-44113030

Then, one could possibly say that the war for the soul of jihadis may be heating up some more, considering Egypt is a bellwether?

Is it parts of the AQ/ISIS/et. al. goading other parts into action to build up their networks, prestige, recruitment, leverage, based on the usual themes, going back to the first attacks in Luxor? Mentioned here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/revi...it-egypt-journey-through-world-militant-islam

Considering they've been aiming for "Rome";
and cultural targets worldwide that challenge their oppressive cookie cutter mindset from dominating the belief;
then why would the Gulf Arabs, who seem to say they fund all this to stem Iran's reach and seemingly to extend their own political influence worldwide, be so confident as to make a push just now?

Is it borne of back against the wall losing to Iran desperation or renewed hope for more influence I wonder (more of the same or more desperate)? Kinda seems more culturally oriented than showing muscle, fashion malls (women's covering up), faith & morality (Orlando), education (OSU and others), music (Bataclan and others), cartoons/art (Hebdo and others), sports (stade France, Turkey and others)? Pushing back against youth trending against the orthodoxy, who dominates through maintained chaos maybe? http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-hand-of-isis-at-ohio-state

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-saudi-idUSKBN13Z08F

http://www.news.com.au/world/turkey...m/news-story/7d137b732fc638b8d275b1cca72e094c

TURKEY arrested nearly 200 officials from a pro-Kurdish party and struck Kurdish militants in Iraq on Monday in response to this weekend’s twin bombings claimed by a radical Kurd separatist group.

The toll from Saturday’s attacks, which struck an Istanbul football stadium and a nearby park, rose to 44 on Monday, Health Minister Recep Akdag said.

Another car bomb, in Kayseri:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-blast-idUSKBN14605H?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Thirteen Turkish soldiers killed, 48 wounded in car bomb attack

Thirteen soldiers were killed and 48 more were injured when a car bomb hit a bus transporting off-duty military personnel in the central Turkish city of Kayseri on Saturday, one week after a twin bombing targeted police in Istanbul.

The blast is likely to further anger a Turkish public frustrated by a string of deadly bombings this year, several of which have been claimed by Kurdish militants, including last week's, which killed 44 and wounded more than 150.