Istanbul – A bird of prey found in a Turkish village has been cleared of local suspicion it was aiding Israeli spies.
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The private Dogan news agency reported Friday that villagers in a rural town in central Turkey found the kestrel this week and delivered it to local authorities after discovering a leg band marked “24311 Tel Avivunia Israel.” Such bands are often used to track bird migrations.
Authorities confirmed in a statement that they released the bird into the wild Thursday after x-rays performed at a veterinary hospital found that “there was no other device” attached to the bird aside from the leg band.
Dogan, which published a copy of the x-ray record, says medical staff labeled it “Israeli Spy.” It was not immediately clear whether the label was tongue-in-cheek.
what a bunch of morons
The bird that is truly the spy bird isn’t foolish enough to wear such a tag and flies around Turkey with no ID.
That bird can join, for a lunch meeting, the turkey that Obama pardoned last Thanksgiving.
Hah! Now let’s see the lib animal lovers battle the lib Moslem lovers over this one! Would make a great movie, too bad the name Dr. Strangelove is already taken!
This is Turkey- they’re afraid of other birds
This is a joke. Isn’t it???
I have a bird that speaks. So this is not so far-fetched.
This little bird has more brains than all turkeys put together!
What are idiots!
Good – they failed to detect the hidden Israeli spying devices. Now Mossad can continue their extensive program of wildlife information gathering- so far, kestrels, vultures, and sharks.