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| U.S. Lands in Turkish Port Without Permission? |
| 2003-02-19 |
| Story from Islam online, engage BS filter: The U.S.-flagged ship Tellus Wednesday, February 19, offloaded 522 military vehicles among other military equipments, in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, southern Turkey without permission from the Turkish government. They just sailed in and started offloading? The vehicles included army trucks, radio transmission vehicles and other types of troop transporters, according to footage broadcast by the network, Agence France-Presse (AFP) said. The CNN-Turk television network said the vehicles were assigned to units involved in the âupgradeâ of Turkish ports and airports, a mission authorized earlier this month by the Turkish parliament ahead of a possible war with Iraq. Oh, it must be that shipment of M-1A2 bulldozers we ordered. Meanwhile Aksam newspaper reported that tempers flared on Tuesday, February 18, when some 50 battle-ready U.S. commandos arrived by bus and sought to obtain entry to the port facilities. Port authority chairman Cumhur Ozturkler initially refused them entry to the port facilities, saying they did not have proper permission, the newspaper said. Note the "initially refused them entry" part. It was possible to reach officials at the port for confirmation on Wednesday, AFP said. Does he mean "not possible"? Aksam also reported that 12 patrol boats, dispatched by Turkey to the Iskenderun region, were preventing fishermen from putting out to sea. Humm, something going on out there they don't want people to see, perhaps? Sounds like the Turkish navy is in on it. Or are they doing it without permission as well? Nah. Officials recently suggested that ships carrying U.S. military equipment to Turkey were currently lying offshore, waiting for a green light from the Turkish parliament to start deploying combat forces. Anybody think we're offloading tanks without permission from somebody? Me neither. Something sneaky is going on, bet the deal is done and nobody's talking about it. Heh, heh, heh! |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Cumhur Ozturkler initially refused them entry to the port facilities, saying they did not have proper permission....just a little misunderstanding, the Turkish shake down custom, either that or the authentic documents completely threw him for a loop. Cumhur was later seen scaping barnicles, wearing a t-shirt that read "my government got 50 billion and all I got was this lousy demotion" |
| Posted by: dsaucer 2003-02-19 19:29:42 |
| #6 Well, speaking as military and a vet I will say this. Don't ever discount Fuck-up in your calculations of things. It's real easy for the chaos-factor to slip in and botch everything. the military is NOT a well oil machine, now matter how it looks, cause there's alwasy some guy (like me) who is in charge and he usually doesn't know what the hell he's doing either. -DS "the horns hold up the halo" |
| Posted by: DeviantSaint 2003-02-19 16:18:30 |
| #5 It's beautiful watching Sun Tzu's teachings in action. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-02-19 16:13:38 |
| #4 1. The line will be something like: "They are unloading supplies for a previously scheduled NATO exercise. All activities will be performed in a narrow "NATO" exercise corridor, which for the duration of the exercise will be under NATO command. Turkey as a NATO Contingent will be participating in the exercise, and Iraqi military attaches are being invited to observe." 2. If you can tell if they are there or not, its harder to defend yourself against the oncoming threat. Turkey, may just be a "FORTITUDE" operation. ( or maybe not.....) Civilian Military Interpretation Rule #3: All military strategy is based on deception. What you hear is what you are meant to hear, not whats is necessarily true. Go back to your lives citizens, theres nothing to see here. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-02-19 15:52:33 |
| #3 Some news was bound to slip out. Watch the Turkish news outlets and see if the denials continue. The only place I've seen anything was my story from Islam Online, and the pictures Murat posted this morning. There is nothing else out there. Everyone is talking about Turkey stalling. The fix is in. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-02-19 15:49:21 |
| #2 Well, if this is a deception operation, it's not working. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-02-19 15:42:40 |
| #1 Steve- There is at least one major news outlet reporting on this: http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/202460.asp?cp1=1 |
| Posted by: growler 2003-02-19 17:24:04 |