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Six Iranian spies who were allegedly planning to carry out illegal activities were captured in Tripoli with Turkish passports on their person.
According to the Hürriyet daily, Libyan security forces had been closely following the spies over the past month and learned that they were planning to incite anarchy. The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) was working with Libyan security forces during the surveillance.
The spies were carrying Turkish passports. Libyan officials claimed they were planning to lay the blame on Turkey for the planned illegal activities.
During their interrogation, the Iranian Embassy in Libya stepped in and confirmed that the detainees are Iranian citizens. Libyan security forces subsequently warned the Turkish Embassy in Tripoli about the incident. After the warning, the Turkish Embassy sent an “emergency” notice to the Foreign Ministry in Ankara.
Turkish officials have spoken with Libyan authorities, who say the spies were planning to carry out illegal and attention-grabbing acts in the country, after which they planned to depict Turkey as the perpetrator.
Women's names on passports gave spies away
Two of the six suspects, all of whom are male, had passports with female Turkish names -- Saniye and Sakine. This crucial detail helped Libyan and Turkish security and intelligence forces to determine that the men were carrying fake passports.
Another suspicious detail was that the passports were issued a long time ago but the photographs in them were rather new.
‘Turks are loved in Libya, have more freedom'
The arrested Iranian spies claimed in their depositions that they chose to carry Turkish passports with their photographs because Libyans like Turks very much and the men were able to move in the country more freely.
Turkey, NATO's only Muslim member state, supported the Libyan armed opposition during its attempt to topple the decades-old dictatorship of Col. Muammar Gaddafi.
The seeds of Turkey's friendly ties with Libya were laid during a US arms embargo following Turkey's intervention in Cyprus in 1974, when Libya provided Turkey with spare parts to operate US-made jets. Since then, Turkish builders have become a mainstay of foreign business in Libya, despite an influx by the Chinese, the Russians and others later on.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-300279-6-iranian-spies-carrying-turkish-passports-arrested-in-libya.html
According to the Hürriyet daily, Libyan security forces had been closely following the spies over the past month and learned that they were planning to incite anarchy. The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) was working with Libyan security forces during the surveillance.
The spies were carrying Turkish passports. Libyan officials claimed they were planning to lay the blame on Turkey for the planned illegal activities.
During their interrogation, the Iranian Embassy in Libya stepped in and confirmed that the detainees are Iranian citizens. Libyan security forces subsequently warned the Turkish Embassy in Tripoli about the incident. After the warning, the Turkish Embassy sent an “emergency” notice to the Foreign Ministry in Ankara.
Turkish officials have spoken with Libyan authorities, who say the spies were planning to carry out illegal and attention-grabbing acts in the country, after which they planned to depict Turkey as the perpetrator.
Women's names on passports gave spies away
Two of the six suspects, all of whom are male, had passports with female Turkish names -- Saniye and Sakine. This crucial detail helped Libyan and Turkish security and intelligence forces to determine that the men were carrying fake passports.
Another suspicious detail was that the passports were issued a long time ago but the photographs in them were rather new.
‘Turks are loved in Libya, have more freedom'
The arrested Iranian spies claimed in their depositions that they chose to carry Turkish passports with their photographs because Libyans like Turks very much and the men were able to move in the country more freely.
Turkey, NATO's only Muslim member state, supported the Libyan armed opposition during its attempt to topple the decades-old dictatorship of Col. Muammar Gaddafi.
The seeds of Turkey's friendly ties with Libya were laid during a US arms embargo following Turkey's intervention in Cyprus in 1974, when Libya provided Turkey with spare parts to operate US-made jets. Since then, Turkish builders have become a mainstay of foreign business in Libya, despite an influx by the Chinese, the Russians and others later on.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-300279-6-iranian-spies-carrying-turkish-passports-arrested-in-libya.html
