Atatürk International Airport: Terrorist Airport Attack 2016 Poem by Terence George Craddock

unlike European NATO culture countries
if they are 44 killed Istanbul bomb victims
or 340 killed Karrada Bagdad bomb victims

from Iraqi then in their own countries
no buildings are lit with impressive light
in sacred tribute to victim lost lives

background data
location: Turkey, Istanbul
incident: terrorist airport attack
date: the evening of 28 June 2016
deceased: 44 dead,19 foreign or duel nationality
injured: 240 some critically

detailed attack locations: Atatürk International Airport
bomb 1: inside international terminal, ground floor arrivals
bomb 2: inside international terminal, entrance first floor departures
bomb 3: outside international terminal, car park near entrance area

terrorists: Islamic State of Iraq
weapons: automatic rifles, explosive belts
terrorist fatalities: 3 of 3, self detonated 2, killed by security 1

the attack on at Istanbul's
Atatürk International Airport
left 44 people dead - 19 of foreign
or dual nationality 240 injured some critically


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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