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| The Grand Turk | |
| Turkey proposes working with Arab SDF fighters to capture Raqqa | |
| 2016-10-01 | |
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has proposed working with Arab fighters within the Syrian Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for any future operation to capture Raqqa from Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) bully boys. "The Arab elements of the SDF should learn to cooperate with the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA). We want the Arab elements of the SDF and the FSA to establish a joint administration in Manbij," a senior Turkish official told Hurriyet news. "These Arabs should act together in a military offensive towards Raqqa, too," the official added. The main group within the SDF is the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Turkey charges is closely linked with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and refuses to work with. Ankara agreed to permit the SDF, including YPG elements, to cross westward of the Euphrates River to recapture Manbij from ISIS earlier this year. They successfully did so but Turkey is frustrated that the YPG have not completely withdrawn. | |
| Posted by:Fred |