Posted on 08/16/2018 7:21:30 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
The incident occurs after a meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Turkish warplanes have conducted airstrikes in the Yezidi (Ezidi)-populated city of Shingal in northern Iraq; sources told Kurdistan 24 on Wednesday.
According to the sources, there were some airstrikes to the west of Baraa village, located close to the border with Syria.
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In April 2017, Turkish airstrikes supposedly targeting the PKK-affiliated YBS killed five Peshmerga soldiers and wounded nine others, as well as causing extensive damage to the area, resulting in condemnation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
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The Ezidi's were saved from total destruction in Shingal by ISIS, by elements of the PKK and later by elements of the YPG. Surviving Ezidi were trained by the PKK to defend themselves. The PKK left shingal a number of months ago to prevent threatened Turkish airstrikes.
So now Turkey is again making airstrikes inside Iraq, possibly with consent of the Iranian influenced government in Baghdad.
Is this nonsense in response to US sanctions? Unknown, but possible.
Erdogan the Islamist will continue to practice the "Great Evil". Which they have always denied from the beginning, end of WWI.
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So we are the protectors of Iraq at the moment, and are in the middle of building their Air Force, BUT we let our NATO ally Turkey fly in and bomb them. Probably from a base we share with them.
And people wonder why China or Russia manages to build new alliances.
If you were Yezidi, and some Russian or Chinaman offered you some SAMs or Manpads, would you say no? And what would you think of your American “allies” who allow their partner to bomb you?
Someone needs to get a handle on Erdogan and the Turks very soon.
“Is this nonsense in response to US sanctions? Unknown, but possible.”
Seems possible.
Yes, possile. Possibly, probable.
Mixed signals indeed. Part of it is Turkey hears what they want to hear, even when it is not said. Then they attack innocent civilians in neighboring countries on any pretense.
NATO? Has nothing to do with it, so far.
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