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Is Incirlik Air Base being held hostage by Turkey?
July 20, 2016 Is Incirlik Air Base being held hostage by Turkey?
Vero Beach, FL - (TRUNEWS) For a fifth consecutive day, Turkey has intentionally withheld power and vital supplies from the U.S.-NATO joint installation Incirlik Air Base.
According to our sources, verified by TRUNEWS as parents and spouses of U.S. airmen currently stationed at Incirlik Air Base, no supplies have been flown or driven into the installation since Saturday, food and water are being strictly rationed, and only one week of fuel reserves remain to power their electric generators.
A wife of a Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) trapped in Incirlik Air Base told TRUNEWS correspondent Edward Szall that her husband ate only one meal Saturday at the bases dining facilities, and has since been sustaining himself on junk food and snacks.
“He told me that everyone is getting irritable, lots of amenities being taken away it’s starting to get to people,” the spouse said Tuesday night.
A mother of an airmen sequestered inside Incirlik told TRUNEWS that her son informed her early Wednesday that Turkish police are still blockading the base entrance, and that the electric generators — powering flight operations and the underground bunkers housing B-61 nuclear bombs — would remain on until fuel rations were extinguished. Her son also claimed that Secretary of Defense Ash Carter vetoed a plan to transfer all personnel and equipment from the base after the military coup began Friday night, citing that the move was “too expensive”.
On the July 19th edition of TRUNEWS, host Rick Wiles interviewed Hans Kristensen, the Director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, regarding the nuclear armaments housed at Incirlik Air Base. During the interview Mr. Kristensen noted the B-61 warheads would take approximately three weeks to transfer from the underground bunkers in the event of an emergency, even with a full military contingency facilitating the move.
Another mother of an airmen on deployment inside Incirlik told TRUNEWS that soldiers have ripped the doors and windows out of the bases dorm rooms to alleviate overheating among personnel — an issue steadily growing as air conditioning has been segmented solely for mission critical buildings. The mother, who wished to be referred to as “GP” to protect her sons identity, said he also told her Wednesday that the base only had fuel reserves for one more week of operations, and that after a week they are going to “shut-off the networks”.
TRUNEWS has also been in direct contact with airmen stationed at Incirlik, and other than confirming previous reports that the base is still in lockdown and experiencing supply shortages, the soldiers unanimously believe the severing of commercial electricity to the base was an intentional move to leverage the United States government.
On the July 19th edition of TRUNEWS, Retired 4-Star U.S. Navy Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons told Rick Wiles that Turkey — as a NATO partner — has had their military personnel trained by U.S. counterparts on the procedures for transferring, loading, and using the nuclear warheads located under Incirlik Air Base.
Both the Public Affairs office at Incirlik Air Base and the 39th Mission Support Group commander, USAF Colonel Todd Stratton, have been contacted for comment.
In addition to the blockade,Turkish politicians loyal to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have publicly expressed concerns that U.S. officials used Incirlik Air Base to assist Friday’s military coup.
Debkafile reported Wednesday that Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim publicly insinuated that Americans may be viewed as partners, at least passive ones, in the conspiracy, in view of the use the plotters made of Incirlik for sending aircraft based there and arming them for the missions of intercepting the President’s airplane (which was never realized) and bombing the Parliament building in Ankara (which was).
Being more explicit, the Turkish Labor Minister, Süleyman Soylu, tweeted from his publicly verified twitter account:
“This coup has America behind.”
On Monday, a renowned Middle East correspondent named RamiAILolah, whose reports are often featured on ZeroHedge.com, led a call for a unified social media campaign under the hashtag “#CloseIncirlik”, tweeting to his followers:
“We all know they are war criminals but I need to do my part and so do you. I have a Twitter account & I need to do something.. Please tell your friends, families, everyone oppose the #USA terror strikes in #Syria & #Iraq about #CloseIncirlik. Spread it everywhere.”
RamiAlLolah also associated the #CloseIncirlik hashtag with the death of USAF 1st Lieutenant Anais Tobar, who was found dead in her room Wednesday, on a U.S. military base in the United Arab Emerites.
RamiAlLolah tweeted Wednesday:
“Ghosts of #Syria|n children? Anti-#ISIS #USA soldier Lt. Anais Tobar found dead in her room in #UAE”
#CloseIncirlik https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnzNJX_W8AAI2jr.jpg”
A Twitter account named Abu Maryam also used the #CloseIncirlik hashtag Wednesday, tweeting:
“#CloseIncirlik #Muslims will take revenge on the citizens of the west bcos of it .”
In response to the crisis, Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters Wednesday that he did not know when power may return to Incirlik Air Base.
Kerry said:
“we have not had our mission interrupted. Our mission continues, and we are told, our ambassador has been told, that the full power should be restored within a day or so to the base through the normal processes.”
Could Turkey be using Incirlik Air Base as a bargaining tool to form a nuclear caliphate? Could Incirlik Air Base be the next Benghazi?
Please contact TRUNEWS correspondent Edward Szall with any news tips related to this story. Email: Edward.Szall@trunews.com | Twitter: @@EdwardSzall | Facebook: Edward Szall | Cell: 321-200-6431
I do! You know how much money they will pay? How much oil will ISIS give for just one!
Many saw this coming, however!
And to think, we have another six months of basta*d obama in control.
Oh yes. Ido. I absolutely do.
I think this is going to turn into a first class crapstorm.
You could be right. Zero just might want Erdogan (the anti-Christ) to get these tactical weapons.
If this gets out of hand SOMEONE will have to nuke the base.
seriously.
It won’t be Obama... it will be Putin or Netanyahu.
The bombs are almost certainly far underground and can be covered by a massive amount of concrete and dirt in case of dire emergency by detonating charges. SOP for this sort of thing.
If it gets dicey I’d get as many personnel out by air as I could so they don’t go up in smoke if it comes to the last resort. :-/
My bet is that part of Obama’s plan is for the nukes to end up in the hands of the Islamic’s.
Why are we allowing this?
Where is the Berlin-style airlift, to start with, to provide all necessary supplies?
Where is the invasion force to take back our base?
Where is the ultimatum?
Where is the no-fly order to Turkey until situation is resolved?
WHERE IS PRESIDENT TRUMP?
Why are we allowing this?
Where is the Berlin-style airlift, to start with, to provide all necessary supplies?
Where is the invasion force to take back our base?
Where is the ultimatum?
Where is the no-fly order to Turkey until situation is resolved?
WHERE IS PRESIDENT TRUMP?
I agree with Bobalu - neither Putin not Israel would allow that. In fact, they're probably coordinating their neutralizing attack right now.
Yep...this could get nucular really fast.
Another Benghazi give away for Hussein's illegal wars!
Perhaps its Iran 1979 all over again.
The Iranians claimed to want the Shah back. Erdowan wants his political enemy, Gullen, extradited from the USA.
Anyway, if this is true, it will prove the Turks for what they are - and prompt a serious revision and reform of NATO, which needs it.
Thanks. The convention is truly wonderful and this is the single most frightening thing I have seen since 9-11.
You all are barking up the wrong tree. Turkey is where all the heroin from Afghanistan passes through. The banks are worried about the drug money that keeps them alive.
Russia SENT A PLANE FOR THEIR PEOPLE. Sorry I am so so angry about our troops over there, and not even eating.
I don’t think keeping the NATO status is part of the future. Every step taken, is to separate itself from NATO, the EU, and western civilization.
As the fuel reserves start to run out....they will probably try to run some ‘Berlin-airlift’ type operation for a couple of weeks, but you can only go so far.
The plan is to make it miserable enough that the Americans pack and go. Curious strategy but I’m sure friendly neighbors of Turkey will appreciate it without any NATO help.
i havent listened to trunews long, but have found them to be breaking news stories the LSM wouldnt touch. highly recommend these people!
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