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To: maggief

When are we going to realize that Turkey and Saudi arabi are not our “best friends?”


7 posted on 02/18/2015 1:31:24 AM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: hoosiermama

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/17/us-mideast-crisis-training-turkey-idUSKBN0LL1GP20150217

(Reuters) - The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition fighters and expect to sign the pact soon, U.S. and Turkish officials said on Tuesday with Ankara predicting a signing in days.

The U.S. military has said it is planning to send more than 400 troops, including special operations forces, to train Syrian moderates at sites outside Syria as part of the fight against the Islamic State.

U.S. officials have said they plan to train about 5,000 Syrian fighters a year for three years under the plan. Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as Turkey, have publicly offered to host training sites.

In other news...

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/18/isis-reportedly-eyes-sending-fighters-to-southern-europe-disguised-as-migrants/

ISIS reportedly plans to send fighters to southern Europe disguised as migrants


9 posted on 02/18/2015 1:44:44 AM PST by maggief
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