Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Al-Qaeda Yasin al-Qadi, protected by MİT and Prime Ministry, Turkish dismissed prosecutor says.


Al-Qaeda Yasin al-Qadi, protected by MİT and Prime Ministry, Turkish dismissed prosecutor says. (TZ).

Former prosecutor Muammer Akkaş, who was dismissed from his position for conducting a major corruption probe that went public on Dec. 17, 2013, has said that while the graft investigation was ongoing it was realized that Yasin al-Qadi, a Saudi businessman who had been on the UN and US terror lists for financing the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was being protected by the Turkish state.

Speaking with the Millet daily on Monday, Akkaş stressed that while his office was conducting investigations into key political figures and businesspeople, al-Qadi, among the prime suspects in the probe, was found having phone conversations with then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) head, Hakan Fidan.

Emphasizing that despite the fact that al-Qadi was banned from entry to Turkey for funding terrorism, it was discovered that he had face-to-face meetings with Erdoğan and Fidan, and that he was under the protection of the government and the intelligence body.

"While al-Qadi was under both physical surveillance and his phone conversations were wiretapped in line with the investigation, it was also found that an encrypted phone had been given to him by the Prime Ministry in order to prevent eavesdropping. We don't know what they talked about during these conversations, but certain foreign countries' intelligence agencies might have wiretapped them. We even noticed that some of the suspects in the probe had conversations through ordinary phones concerning key issues regarding Turkey's national security," Akkaş said.

Underscoring his remarks about al-Qadi and his connections with the MİT and the Prime Ministry, Akkaş stressed that though he was designated a supporter of terrorism by the UN and the US, it was realized that al-Qadi had been offered all types of privileges by the Turkish government, including the allocation of a vehicle, driver and a bodyguard by the Prime Ministry and MİT and added, "What we found shocked us."



Akkaş went on to say: "Despite the fact that al-Qadi was banned from entering Turkey in 2012, he entered the country later that same year from Sabiha Gökçen Airport as a VIP passenger.

I asked the airport administration to deliver the video recordings showing al-Qadi's entry. I was then asked by the Prime Ministry why these recordings were requested, adding they did not want 'a very special guest who paid a visit to Turkey to be identified.' I was surprised by the response. It was the first moment that we faced a direct intervention in the probe." Hmmmm.....Obama's BFF Erdogan......see first tweet below. Read the full story here.


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