Posted on 12/06/2015 5:35:14 PM PST by amorphous
Turkey just can't seem to help itself when it comes to escalations in the Mid-East.
First, Erdogan intentionally reignited the conflict between Ankara and the PKK in an effort to scare the public into nullifying a democratic election outcome. Then, the Turks shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border. Finally, in what very well might be an effort to protect Islamic State oil smuggling routes, Erdogan sent 150 troops and two dozen tanks to Bashiqa, just northeast of Mosul in a move that has infuriated Baghdad.
We discussed the troop deployment at length on Saturday in "Did Turkey Just Invade Iraq To Protect Erdogan"s ISIS Oil Smuggling Routes?,†and you’re encouraged to review the analysis in its entirety, but here was our conclusion:
"The backlash underscores the fact that Iraq does not want help from NATO when it comes to fighting ISIS. Iraqis generally believe the US is in bed with Islamic State and you can bet that Russia and Iran will be keen on advising Baghdad to be exceptionally assertive when it comes to expelling a highly suspicious Turkish presence near Najma."
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
In that first response to you, I meant to type 68% of ISIS mentions are Republicans.
Thank you. Great topic.
I just spent 10 minutes searching through my reading history at my public library.
Last year I read “Levant:Splendor and Catastrophe in the Mediterranean by Philip Mansel.
A terrific book that gave me great understanding of The Levant.
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Turk troops are there training Kurds or at least, that’s what the news stories say, while in Syria, Turks are after the Kurds. We’ll see, zero hedge seems dubious at times, like Debka and some other sources.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/05/world/turkish-soldiers-training-iraqi-troops-near-mosul/
“A senior Kurdish military officer based on the Bashiqa front line, north of Mosul, said additional Turkish trainers had arrived at a camp in the area overnight on Thursday escorted by a Turkish protection force.”
Thank you. I should check that out probably. I appreciate the mention.
Not odd
The terrorists consider themselves ISIL with caliphate pretensions covering “ the Levant” ( term for the region before the state of Israel was established )
So why wouldn’t the democrats McCain and graham show solidarity with the terrorists by using their lingo ?
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