Magicians Could 'Undermind The State' - Turkish Army

[matcom]

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's army has asked local authorities for information on individuals who could undermine the state, including ethnic minorities, magicians and people who practice meditation, local media said on Wednesday.

In a rare statement to the press, the military General Staff confirmed it had asked authorities to "gather intelligence because it was necessary to makes plans to take effective measures against incidents that could arise."

Turkey's largest newspaper Hurriyet on Wednesday published a document from the army command asking for information on people who supported the European Union (news - web sites) and the United States, as well as "the socially elite, members of artistic groups and children of wealthy families."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=1&u=/nm/20040311/od_nm/turkey_military_dc

[BlueEyedSon]

1. To say nothing of "mimes"....

[GOPisEvil]

2. Uhhh...that doesn't sound too positive, does it?

:scared:

[BlueEyedSon]

3. And those evil jugglers. Ashcroft will be after them next too I suppose...

[Nihil]

4. Orange Alert! Orange Alert

Oh, cancel that ... they're just juggling balls ... my bad ...