June 24 (Bloomberg) -- A bomb exploded on an Istanbul bus
today, killing at least three people and injuring 10, Istanbul
Governor Muammer Guler said, four days before world leaders
congregate in the city for a NATO summit.
Turkish police detained three people as suspects in the
bombing, said the Anatolia news agency, which also reported that
the death toll had risen to four. A small left-wing group may have
been behind the blast in the Fatih district of the city's European
side, about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the summit site, Guler
said.
``The device exploded at the front of the bus while it was
being carried by an unidentified assailant,'' Guler told reporters
in televised comments. ``We believe the bomber didn't intend to
set off the device on the bus.''
Turkey's CNN Turk television said five people died in the
blast, citing unidentified hospital officials.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit is planned for
Monday and Tuesday. Turkey has spent $37 million to boost security
and to spruce up the surroundings. It has assigned 24,000 police
officers to protect world leaders, including U.S. President George
W. Bush.
``The bus was very crowded and suddenly there was a big noise
as it was moving,'' witness Beyazit Kucuk told Agence France-
Presse at the scene of the explosion.
Two police officers were injured earlier today when a package
exploded about 30 meters (98 feet) from the entrance of a hotel in
the capital, Ankara, where Bush is expected to stay this weekend.
Bush is expected to meet with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan on Sunday before flying to Istanbul.
Suicide Bombings

In November, 62 people died in four suicide bombings in
Istanbul blamed on local terrorists linked to the al-Qaeda
network.
No changes are expected in Bush's Turkish itinerary, a White
House spokesman said, according to AFP. Speaking to reporters
after the Ankara blast and before the Istanbul explosion, Foreign
Minister Abdullah Gul said the events wouldn't change Bush's visit
plans, EFE News Agency reported.
``Turkey is a secure and strong country,'' he said. ``This
kind of thing could happen in Washington or London as well.''
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO's secretary general, said in
Brussels that the attacks in Turkey today are ``another proof that
they are everywhere; they're indiscriminate and they want to
destroy the fabric of the societies we all love.''
Scheffer said he believed Turkey was ``taking all the
measures necessary'' to secure the NATO summit and called on
leaders next week to approve an ``enhanced set of measures against
terrorism'' that will take effect in the longer term.

Bombs, pshhhh. We need to go oldschool! Fist for fist!

I wonder how many of those suicide bomber are enjoying there 100 + virgins they get after they blow themselves appart.

What if when they got to their virgins as certain part of the male anatomy was in too many pieces to put back together. Viagra can't help now :N

I guess they don't know that a virgin isn't the greatest part of sex, I'd prefer a little experience and a lot less than 100, plus they'd keep fighting. Can you imagine the up keep on 100 women. :p Too much for me.

Where is the Chivalry :F in blowing yourself to pieces. The chics do go Ohh, or weep when your die, they puke from all the blood and guts.

Ok I know this wasn't a suicide bomber but I could help the thought. :rolleyes:

Wonder when the stupid kids strapping TNT around themselves will wise up and tell the old farts to go do their own dirty work.

You wonder if the ones leading others blow themselves up would do it?