US asked to extradite Istanbul bomb suspects
Turkey has asked the US to extradite two Turkish Islamic militants who were reportedly captured in Iraq on suspicion of involvement in the 2003 Istanbul suicide bombings that killed some 60 people.
The suspects, who were reportedly captured earlier this year during fighting near the northern Iraqi town of Tel Afar, are being held in Abu Ghraib prison, officials said.
US officials were not immediately available for comment, but NTV television said the US had not yet responded to the Turkish request.
One of the two men is suspected of helping to build the Istanbul truck bombs while the other is believed to be a member of the cell that helped carry out the attack.
The blasts in November 2003 killed 60 people and targeted two synagogues - Beth Israel and Neve Shalom- as well as the British Consulate and a London-based bank.
