Posted on 03/29/2016 10:26:52 PM PDT by PA Engineer
U.S. military families have been ordered to evacuate bases in Turkey to keep to them safe from possible attacks, officials announced Tuesday.
Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said the order to leave Turkey would affect about 670 of the total of 770 dependents in the country.
The 670 dependents are at the main Incirlik airbase and two other smaller bases at Izmir and Mugla, Cook said. The approximately 100 dependents who are being allowed to stay were with spouses assigned to Ankara, the Turkish capital, and Istanbul, which were considered safer postings, Cook said.
Cook did not give a timeline for when the dependents would leave but said "my understanding is that this will move very quickly."
The departures were not a response to the Brussels terror attacks last week in which an Air Force officer and four members of his family were wounded in the explosion at the Zaventem international airport, Cook said. "I don't believe this was specifically triggered by the Brussels attacks," Cook said.
"It's not because of any one action or specific threat," Cook said, but was instead a step taken "out of an abundance of caution."
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Vlad’s fixin to drop the hammer.
Wonder of our cruise ship will make it’s 2 stops in Turkey in a few weeks.....doubt it.
NATO is falling apart.
Wiser heads than DUMBO’s have taken note that ISIS has targeted Jewish Children in Turkey. So they are taking the precaution of ordering out US Military families.
Report: ISIS planning ‘imminent’ attacks on Jewish children in Turkey
http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Report-ISIS-planned-attacks-on-Jewish-kids-in-Turkey-449499
ISIS is overrunning parts of Turkey. Ankara and Istanbul are still OK, but there’s no telling how far ISIS will penetrate.
football play
fittyfo
sistysis
fittyfo
sistysis... set hike!
Active Duty ping.
Bumping...
Get our people out of that jihadist hellhole!
“It’s not because of any one action or specific threat,” Cook said, but was instead a step taken “out of an abundance of caution.”
I believe the above. Anybody want to sell me a bridge?
Thanks for the ping.
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