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The main opposition party urged the government to clarify its position on al Qaeda after the Turkish envoy to Chad tweeted last month that "al Qaeda is very different from terror." The party's deputy chairman also asked why former al Qaeda spokesman Abu Ghaith is still in Turkey after the US reportedly sought his extradition earlier this year. Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was seized in Ankara in late January after entering Turkey illegally from Iran.