Posted on 02/18/2016 6:13:20 AM PST by Trumpinator
Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:07am EST
Turkey blames Kurdish militants for Ankara bomb, vows response in Syria and Iraq
ANKARA/ISTANBUL | By Ercan Gurses and Humeyra Pamuk
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed a Syrian Kurdish militia fighter working with Kurdish militants inside Turkey for a suicide car bombing that killed 28 people in the capital Ankara, and he vowed retaliation in both Syria and Iraq.
A car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses as they waited at traffic lights near Turkey's armed forces' headquarters, parliament and government buildings in the administrative heart of Ankara late on Wednesday.
Davutoglu said the attack was clear evidence that the YPG, a Syrian Kurdish militia that has been supported by the United States in the fight against Islamic State in northern Syria, was a terrorist organization and that Turkey, a NATO member, expected cooperation from its allies in combating the group.
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Obama, stop being played for a sucker by these Islamists. Unless you are one of them......
Reminds me of the Burning of the Riehstag
My guess would be the Russians.
It seems a stupid guess to me since it invites the thing that Russia would not want. But who knows, maybe Russia set a trap for Turkey in Syria and Iraq. Doubt it though.
Kurds Warn Turkey of `Big War’ With Russia If Troops Enter Syria
Russia has promised to protect Kurdish fighters in Syria in case of a ground offensive by Turkey, a move that would lead to a “big war,†the group’s envoy to Moscow said in an interview on Wednesday.
“We take this threat very seriously because the ruling party in Turkey is a party of war,†Rodi Osman, head of the Syrian Kurds’ newly-opened representative office said in Kurdish via a Russian interpreter. “Russia will respond if there is an invasion. This isn’t only about the Kurds, they will defend the territorial sovereignty of Syria.â€
Conflicting interests in Syria have created a dangerous new phase in the country’s five-year war, even as world powers struggle to implement a truce agreement. Turkey fears Kurdish gains along its border will morph into an autonomous state and inspire similar ambitions among its own Kurdish minority. But a ground intervention risks conflict with Russia, which backs the Kurds militarily, and would anger the U.S., which sees the group as a major ally in the fight against Islamic State.
It’s false flag with near certainty IMHO. The Islamist Turks are NOT our friends.
It is as classic a false flag as I have ever seen.
A Kurdish suicide bomber?
I think the Turks took a Kurd from their prisons and placed him in a car they blew up. This is as false flag as it gets. Notice how silent the State Dept is on this.
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