Turks who tried to put sack over US soldier's head released
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The U.S. military says two Turkish nationalists who accosted a U.S. soldier and tried to cover his head with a sack at a southern Turkish air base have been released on bond.
The U.S.-European Command said Monday the pair were at Incirlik air base for an invitation-only event held Saturday.
The soldier was not injured. The members of the Turkish Youth Union posted online their failed attempt to hood a U.S. airman, describing their action as revenge for an incident in northern Iraq 2003 in which U.S. soldiers detained Turkish special forces members and led them away with hoods over their heads.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Many in Turkey viewed it as a deliberate insult. Cagdas Cengiz, president of the union, told the AP the group rejects "imperialist powers in Turkey."