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July 19, 2005

A remote-controlled bomb was detonated in the town of Kusadasi,  a resort town in southern Turkey. The bomb killed five people, including an Irish tourist. No group has yet taken "credit" for the attack, but Turkish authorities know this is an act of economic terror as well as political terror. Turkey has been trying to develop its Aegean and Mediterranean coasts as tourist attractions.