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| The Grand Turk |
| Yemen conflict: Iran asks Turkish envoy to explain Erdogan comments |
| 2015-03-31 |
| [DAWN] Iran has asked ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's top diplomat in Tehran to explain remarks by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... heavily critical of Iran's role 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 the region. In the absence of its ambassador, Turkey's charge d'affaires has been "invited" to respond to "the Islamic republic's objection and regret over Erdogan's inappropriate and unusual comments," foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said in a statement. "We demand a clear and convincing response," Afkham added amid calls for Erdogan's planned visit to Tehran next month to be cancelled. Turkey has expressed support for a Saudi-led coalition that is conducting air strikes against Shia 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. The coalition has vowed to keep up the raids until the rebels abandon their insurrection against President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who has fled to Riyadh. Hadi and his backers charge that the rebels, who overran the capital last year and have since advanced across much of the country, have support from Iran. On Thursday, Erdogan demanded that "Iran and the terrorist groups must withdraw" from Yemen. He also accused Iran of meddling in other regional countries, citing its role advising and coordinating Shia militia groups in the fight against 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.... (IS) jihadists in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Fred |