Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What was known about Agca-especially the path of his travels from Turkey-remained remarkably fragmentary; the numerous accounts that appeared in the world's press were often contradictory. Turkish authorities were at least confident about one point: despite Agca's initial claims that he was associated with the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, he was really a right-wing fanatic. Agca was a frequenter of the "idealist youth associations," which are known to be satellites of the National Action Party (N.A.P.), a neofascist group with 586 members currently facing trial for terrorist acts...
...substantial cash in his pockets when arrested: $380 in Italian lire and another $50 in Swiss francs, and his travels had not been cheap. Who was supporting him-or might he have supported himself, as other terrorists have, with robberies? If his assassination attempt was ideological, what had Turkey's rightists, or for that matter Habash's P.F.L.P., to gain from the death of a Pope...
...accomplices, despite his insistence that he had acted alone. The gunman was formally charged with attempted murder of the Pope and of the two women who were wounded in the attack. If convicted, Agca could be sentenced to life imprisonment. He apparently will not be extradited to Turkey: an international treaty that has been signed by both countries exempts criminals from extradition to a country where they would face a more severe penalty (in this case, the penalty would be death) than in the nation where they are captured...
...million rainbow-colored fireworks flashed across the night sky, making a whistling sound like the warbling of nightingales. A crowd of 20,000 feasted on mutton, turkey and Arabian specialties, such as tabbouleh, spread on long buffet tables set up in the city streets. A good time was had, though perhaps not by all. Following strict Bedouin tradition, Bride Salama was cloistered in her room the entire seven days and missed her own wedding celebration...
...million-volume library and seven col leges where Saudis will study disciplines ranging from dentistry and engineering to agriculture and marketing. Blount's first task will be to build a mini-city, complete with shopping center and hospital, to support 8,000 construction workers drawn largely from Turkey, Pakistan, Korea and the Philippines...