Two retired generals were jailed Sunday in connection with an alleged plot to topple Turkey's Islamic-rooted government, the highest-ranking ex-soldiers detained as part of the probe, a news report said.THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS - LAST WEDNESDAY: TURKEY: AKP MAKES A PREEMPTIVE FASCIST MOVE AGAINST SECULARISTS
The two, arrested late Saturday, were among 21 people rounded up in the past week in the investigation into an alleged pro-secular and nationalist network called ''Ergenekon,'' the state-run Anatolia news agency said.
Ret. Gen. Hursit Tolon, who once headed the paramilitary force, and former top army commander Sener Eruygur, who helped organize a series of anti-government rallies last year, were being held at an Istanbul jail.
No charges have been filed, and details about the alleged plot were sketchy Sunday.
THE TWO GENERALS 9HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE) WERE ACTUALLY PICKED UP WHEN WE FIRST BLOGGED IT - NOT WHEN THE AP/NYTIMES SAYS.
Regular readers know we do this all the time because we don't merely follow the pack - or the big blogfathers - when it comes to posting; we scour the internets (!) for important news ourselves.
That's why you get stuff here first - and with hard-hitting, conservative no-nuance analysis.
And our analysis on this news is this: ther AKP was making a preemptive strike against the forces of secularization. This is gonna get worse too: in the next month or so it is likely that the AKP will be banned by the Turkish Supreme Court.
And all hell might break loose when the AKP refuses to give up power voluntarily.
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