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Has US base in turkey been seized by Turkey
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Posted on 07/17/2016 5:29:06 AM PDT by ncfool

Seems Twitter feeds are being blocked on news about the base being held hostage. Why? Past 4 hours. Has the base been invaded by Turkey?

How could we have our own base be breached and not secure?


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: erdogan; incirlik; turkey; turkeycoup; usairforcebase
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To: null and void

When I was in a Pershing Missile firing battalion in Germany, we took the possibility of loss of control of a nuclear weapon seriously, even attempts by the Bundeswehr. All warheads were guarded by heavily armed personnel, with adequate perimeters. All warheads were prepared for immediate destruction. The warheads should be in secure vaults, with active guards and prepared for immediate destruction.


81 posted on 07/17/2016 6:50:50 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (I'm not a smug know-it-all; I just want you to experience epistemological closure.)
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To: ncfool

Turkey has now gone full caliphate, and Obama wants that.

So no, Incerlik is lost. Its the revenge of Obama against NATO and the post colonial revenge of the black man.

Live with it of vote these ba$tards out of office in November.


82 posted on 07/17/2016 6:52:15 AM PDT by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Lazamataz; Squantos; SE Mom

US gov’t. and military were well aware of trouble brewing here for several months. I’m sure contingency plans were in place to counter any and all actions taken against our interests.


83 posted on 07/17/2016 6:53:17 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Lazamataz

Last I’d heard the kill switch does more that fry the detonation components.

It sets of the charges mis-timed to set off a nuclear reaction, but not a full explosion. Something closer to a few pounds of high explosive followed by a melt down and the nuclear materials degraded below where they could be reworked into a crude bomb.

Bad news for anyone withing a kilometer or so down wind...


84 posted on 07/17/2016 6:53:40 AM PDT by null and void (Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
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To: McGruff
The United States uses the airbase to launch airstrikes on ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

Right there is the answer. Our Terrorist in Chief is protecting his own.

85 posted on 07/17/2016 6:57:02 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Roccus

Yep, am sure you’re right. I know we always have plans ready for “developments”... this guy is on a mission though, could get unpredictable.

I’m wondering if we negotiated with Erdogan, or simply said, knock it off.


86 posted on 07/17/2016 7:00:04 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: ncfool

Pardon me, but does this bus go to Ezekiel 38?


87 posted on 07/17/2016 7:00:08 AM PDT by GBA (Here in the matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: Ann Archy

If the story is true, it CAN stand as the current President is a Muslim Brotherhood member...


88 posted on 07/17/2016 7:04:01 AM PDT by Netz
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To: ncfool

Turkey does block internet traffic from time to time - not sure if the connection from Incirlic goes through Turkish routers.

Lastest Facebook message from Incirlik 8 hours ago -

https://www.facebook.com/Incirlik-Air-Base-Turkey-135207298748/?rc=p&pnref=story

“Incirlik Air Base - Turkey

For those of you stationed here who are unable to check your email for the latest CAT directives, please send a private message to our Facebook inbox for information on facility hours.”

[CAT might stand for “Crisis Action Team”.]


89 posted on 07/17/2016 7:06:21 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: CMB_polarization

But did the USA also block Internet traffic dealing with the base being held hostage.


90 posted on 07/17/2016 7:13:02 AM PDT by ncfool (Can America wait til 2016? or will it be to late to save the USA?)
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To: ncfool

Afew Facebook comments got out, some telephone messages went through, I suspect the DoD has satellite routers independent of the Turkish internet.


91 posted on 07/17/2016 7:16:54 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: ncfool

So, per John Kerry, we will consider extradition? Knuckling under to foreign threats? I have but one question: what would Putin do?


92 posted on 07/17/2016 7:18:18 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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To: ncfool
Erdoğan wants that cleric that Obama has given sanctuary to. The airbase is a bargaining chip, for now. Some say there are nukes stored there. Wouldn't Erdoğan's buddies ISIS like to get a few of those.
93 posted on 07/17/2016 7:20:36 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: zeestephen

“Erdogan, the current Turkey leader, is slowly turning Turkey into an Islamic dictatorship”

Turkey is a) full of believing Sunni Muslims, and b) an eternal enemy of Europe.

Fantasies about turning states inhabited by Muslims into “secular democratic” countries have been thoroughly discredited. Kemal Ataturk was an artifact of the early twentieth century, like Woidrow Wilson.

All that is in the past.


94 posted on 07/17/2016 7:21:29 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The polls can have a strong influence on the weak-minded)
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To: SE Mom

Good cover story, I suspect an evacuation is being implemented.


95 posted on 07/17/2016 7:24:42 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: Real Cynic No More

Gulen has big ties to clintons....so it will be complicated


96 posted on 07/17/2016 7:28:29 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: SE Mom

How many days fuel for aircraft and generators do they have without resupply?


97 posted on 07/17/2016 7:28:35 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: null and void

“With fallout over American, Israeli and Russian cities.”

If that is indeed the scenario, and there are plenty of reasons to think it is not, but if it is, neither Russia nor Israel will allow that situation to develop. America is like Western Europe and is far too corrupted to act, but if there is fallout it will be over Incirlik and it would be from Russia or Israel making sure nothing fell into the wrong hands.


98 posted on 07/17/2016 7:32:58 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Ann Archy

They are operating on generators and have emergency water supplies. At some point generators run out of fuel


99 posted on 07/17/2016 7:35:46 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: CMB_polarization

Sounds like they’re embargoing all outside facilities hoping to drive out America. They know they can’t force us out physically.


100 posted on 07/17/2016 7:41:36 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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