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The Grand Turk
Turkey to do anything possible to fight IS - Erdogan
2014-09-24
Turkey will do anything possible to fight against the terrorists of Islamic state , said the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Haber7 channel reported Sept.23.

Bombing terrorists is not the complete fight, Erdogan said, adding that fight against IS should be carried out both in Syria and Iraq.
Any time you want to put ground forces into Syria, go right ahead...
On September 19, Turkey opened its borders to Syrian refugees who fled their homes under threat of the IS. Earlier over 130,000 Syrian refugees entered Turkey.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  See alsO RELATED GUAMPDN > TURKISH LEADER CONSIDERS USE OF ITS MILITARY [agz ISIS/ISIL].

versus

* GROONG > [Today's Zaman]TURKEY NO LONGER HAS THE UPPER HAND ON PKK DUE TO ISIL ADVANCE.

Anti-ISIS/ISIL, Homeland-happy Kurds + Rising Iranians running around all over the ME + CENTASIA, as Neo-Ottoman Turks stay put - UNITL NOW???

* SAME > [AINA] ASSYRIANS [Christians?] SHOULD GO FOR SELF-DETERMINATION.

Whoa, "BRAVEHEART" = MEL "FREEDOM" GIBSON was NESTORIAN or COPTIC - WHO KNEW???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-09-24 22:40  

#2  I believe there are but two US bases in Turkey. The Izmir Air Base located 200 miles from Istanbul which appears to be active only infrequently, and the Incirlik Air Base which has been home to the US, Turkish British Air Forces. The base is strategically located north of the brder with Syria and 35 miles from the Mediterranean. It has been rumored for months that the US presence at Incirlik has been diminished (and the drone operations moved). In any case, to demonstrate good faith with the Kurds, and spit in Turkey and its Muslim Brother president's eye, the US base should be moved to the large complex at Irbil, Kurdistan.
Posted by: Beldar Sloque3832   2014-09-24 10:19  

#1  Of the 130,000 "refugees"....how many are ISIS fighters on R&R? The Turks should have been evicted from NATO long, long ago.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-09-24 02:15  

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