Report: Turkey detains 12 suspected of aiding al-Qaeda

Turkish police have detained 12 people in Istanbul suspected of providing support to al-Qaeda militants fighting NATO forces in Afghanistan, a senior security official told Reuters on Tuesday.

The detentions come just days after four men were arrested in west and southwest Turkey on suspicion of fundraising for militants and a fifth on suspicion of designing computer programs to jam the controls of drone aircraft. Istanbul police declined to comment. (Reuters)