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  • Turkey to allow coalition to use bases, territory in fight against Islamic State

    10/12/2014 5:45:56 PM PDT · by QT3.14 · 21 replies
    WA Post via MSN News ^ | October 12, 2014 | Staff
    Turkey has agreed to allow the U.S.-led coalition to use its military bases for the fight against the Islamic State and to use Turkish territory as part of a training program for Syrian opposition fighters, Obama administration officials said Sunday. “That’s a new commitment and one that we very much welcome,” Susan E. Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
  • No, Turkey has not given us permission to use their air bases to attack ISIS

    10/13/2014 8:54:55 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 13 replies
    American Thinker ^ | October 13, 2014 | Rick Moran
    Yesterday, unnamed administration officials leaked the good news that Turkey would allow us to use their air bases to attack IS forces in Syria and Iraq: Also Sunday, officials confirmed that Turkey agreed to let U.S. and coalition fighter aircraft launch operations against ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria from Turkish bases, including Incirlik Air Base in the south. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who has been traveling in South America, has said the U.S. wanted access to the Turkish bases. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss private talks between the Americans...