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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkish President Erdogan says can't tolerate Iran bid to dominate Middle East |
| 2015-03-29 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Iran on Thursday of trying to dominate the Middle East and said its efforts have begun annoying Ankara, as well as Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and Gulf Arab countries. ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... earlier said it supports the Saudi-led military operation against Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and called on the militia group and its "foreign supporters" to abandon acts which threaten peace and security in the region. "Iran is trying to dominate the region," said Erdogan, who is due to visit Tehran in early April. "Could this be allowed? This has begun annoying us, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries. This is really not tolerable and Iran has to see this," he added in a presser. Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck at Houthi forces in Yemen, who have taken over much of the country in their campaign to oust President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The Saudi-led intervention marked a major escalation of the Yemen crisis, in which Shi'ite Moslem Iran supports the Shi'ite Houthis, and Sunni Moslem monarchies in the Gulf back Hadi and his fellow Sunni loyalists in Yemen's south. Erdogan said the conflict has evolved into a sectarian one and urged Iran to withdraw. "Iran has to change its view. It has to withdraw any forces, whatever it has in Yemen, as well as Syria and Iraq and respect their territorial integrity." Erdogan's plans to visit Iran had not changed, his front man, Ibrahim Kalin, told journalists earlier on Thursday without giving a specific date. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Sunni Turkey is no fan of Shia Iran, + Sunni Egypt is no fan of Sunni Turkey = Ottomans. The good news is they all want their own Nukes iff Iran gets 'em. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-29 23:21 |
| #1 shorter Yippy: "WE should be running the Caliphate. The curly-toed slippers are ours by racial superiority" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-03-29 10:08 |