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| Turkey, Qatar Launch Joint Military Exercises |
| 2017-08-02 |
| [An Nahar] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and its main regional ally Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... on Tuesday launched military exercises in the emirate that will involve some 250 The exercises come as Ankara presses on with its unequivocal backing of Doha in the crisis triggered by the political and economic isolation of Qatar by Gulf and other Arab states led by 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... The exercises got underway on Tuesday and would initially involve ground forces with naval forces later on, NTV television said. An observation day involving top commanders would take place on August 7-8, it added. A total of 250 On June 5, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut ties with Qatar accusing it of backing extremism and fostering ties with their Shiite rival Iran. Doha denies the claims and has been strongly backed by Ankara throughout the standoff. The crisis has put Turkey in a delicate position as it seeks to balance its strategic alliance with Qatar with preserving its own relations with regional kingpin Saudi Arabia. Turkey is setting up a military base in Qatar, its only such outpost in the region. It has sped up the process since the crisis began and reportedly now has 150 troops at the base. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Here is a plan for dealing with Qatar. With all our troops there we can occupy the government, declare all people present to be citizens, and institute democracy. Perhaps all those semi-slaves that are present will vote for the emir. He had better hope so. |
| Posted by: Daniel 2017-08-02 22:57 |
| #4 So this is the advance team? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-08-02 09:55 |
| #3 Note to DoD, don't relocate the assets in Turkey to expanded facilities in Qatar, which should already be relocating as well. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-02 08:41 |
| #2 No. Just a poor imitation. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-08-02 08:41 |
| #1 Cazarts! The real McCoy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2017-08-02 08:15 |