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02/15/2006:

"Kurdish Group Claims Istanbul Bombing"

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- A bomb exploded at an Istanbul supermarket during Monday's afternoon rush, injuring 15 people. A Kurdish news agency reported that a Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, which came days after a fatal bombing at an Internet cafe in the city.

In an e-mail, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons Organization said it carried out both attacks in response to Turkey's policies toward the Kurdish people, the Firat News Agency said on its Web site.

The shadowy group - believed linked to the main Kurdish guerrilla group, Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK - has claimed responsibility for a number of bomb attacks in Turkey, including a blast in the Aegean resort town of Cesme last summer that wounded 21 people. The same group had also claimed Thursday's bomb attack on the Internet cafe, which killed one person and injured 15, including seven policemen.

"From now on, we will continue our actions uninterrupted" until the Turkish government changes its policies, the militant group said.
ap.org/nydailynews