Al-Qaida 'responsible' for Turkey synagogue blasts

Turkish officials were investigating claims that the al-Qaida terrorist network was responsible for the car bombings that devastated two Istanbul synagogues and killed 23 people, the prime minister said.

Two London-based Arabic-language newspapers received separate statements yesterday claiming that Osama bin Laden’s group was responsible for the bombings, which Turkish officials said were likely the work of suicide bombers who set off pickup trucks laden with explosives.