Posted on 09/16/2014 7:33:36 AM PDT by markomalley
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara would welcome seven top Muslim Brotherhood (MB) figures who are being forced to leave Qatar after heavy pressure from Gulf countries.
In a press meeting with journalists after returning from an official trip to the Arab country, Erdogan said the Islamist leaders can come to Turkey like any other foreign visitor, if they wish to do so. Turkey's ruling moderate Islamist AK Party backed the Muslim Brotherhood after Egypt's army ousted president Mohamed Morsi from office in July 2013.
He added that none of the figures have yet contacted Turkish officials about a possible asylum application.
Qatar asked the senior MB operatives, including secretary-general Mahmoud Hussein, to exit the country in a move that could ease the regional fight over the Gulf kingdom's harbouring of Islamist fugitives.
Since Egypt's military coup and subsequent outlawing of the MB and its inclusion in the country's terror list, Qatar sheltered many of the organisation's members and called for the reinstatement of Morsi, who was democratically elected.
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Muslims on the march,
Anyone watching this hearing on the Hill. Code Pinko all over it, but I have to say... I’m glad to see McShame getting protested. His sickly, twisted smile says it all
“I can’t wait to send arms to the ‘moderate Syrian rebels’, hehehe. Terrorists are my best buds”
Turkey is now governed by Islamic fundamentalists that dream of establishing a new Ottoman caliphate. They cannot be trusted. They are the conduit by which ISIS recruits pass into Syria, they allow ISIS to sell the oil they have stolen and have refused to allow the American military to use Turkish bases despite their NATO membership. Facts are facts. Turkey must be viewed as a hostile state and must be expelled from NATO.
The Turks, who are notoriously fierce fighters and were once our allies in Korea have sure taken a turn away lately.
This would be the same Turkey that denied America the ability to launch air attacks against ISIS using their airfields, correct?
Obama will be cozying up to Turkey soon.
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