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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey bombs PKK camps with 30 F-16s after 190 militants were killed |
| 2015-07-31 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] A total of 190 gunnies have reportedly been killed in two major ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and northern Iraq, intelligence sources told daily Hurriyet, before 30 F-16s reportedly bombed PKK camps on July 30. Turkish Air Forces bombed the determined targets in northern Iraq on July 24, as a result of a compilation of the findings obtained from radio talks and drones. The Sources also told that a total of 40 fighter jets participated in the northern Iraq part of the operation on July 28, while some 30 jets were assigned for domestic operations. Tanker aircrafts have also accompanied the fighter jets to meet their fuel demand. In addition, howitzers deployed across the borderline shelled 130 targets, destroying a total 25 anti-aircraft gun positions used by PKK bad boys. The latest Turkish One Turkish police, one civilian killed in attack blamed on PKK: Reports [AlAhram] A Turkish policeman and a civilian have been killed in a gun attack in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's mainly Kurdish southeast blamed on separatist myrmidons, reports said on Thursday. Policeman Mehmet Uyar was sitting in front of a tea house in the Cinar district of the southeastern Diyarbakir region late Wednesday when unknown gunnies opened fire from a car, the Anatolia and Dogan news agencies reported. Both the policeman and one civilian passer-by named as Osman Caran later died of their wounds in hospital overnight, the reports said. Another civilian was maimed. Both Anatolia and Dogan said that according to their information the attack was carried out by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged an insurgency against Turkish forces for over three decades. The killings are the latest in a spike in unrest as ...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 Syria and PKK Death Eaters in northern Iraq. The PKK has largely observed a ceasefire since 2013 but over the last week deadly attacks on the security forces blamed on the Death Eaters have occurred almost daily. Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked Got a light, Mac? Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features. If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng,he pointed out, his voice tense, we all die!... in the town of Cizre in the southeastern Sirnak region one suspected PKK member was killed when bully boyz opened fire on a police post and the security forces opened fire in response, Anatolia said. Three Turkish troops killed in PKK attack in southeast: Army [AlAhram] Three Turkish troops were killed on Thursday when Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) "As a result of an attack by the Separatist Terror Organisation three of our brave personnel -- one officer, one non-commissioned officer and one private -- were killed," said the army, using its customary phrase for the PKK which it never refers to by name. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Just don't put all the blame on the WH. The generals insist that Incirlik is critical, just like the admirals insisted Subic was critical. No grasp or care of the overall consequences and ramifications. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-07-31 23:31 |
| #5 See also BLOOMBERG > TURKEY'S TWO-FRONT WAR MAY HURT US FOCUS ON THE ISLAMIC STATE. and * GROONG > TURKEY IS ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON. Turkey can no longer ignore the ISIS threat. That's ridiculous - the "Islamic/Muslim Napoleon" isn't even born yet, + NEO-OTTOMAN TURKEY 2030 -2050 isn't in 2015 or even 2020. Silly Boy. Perhaps more importantly, the US-VS-CHINA COMPETITION, MILITARY CONFLICT? IN EAST ASIA-PACIFIC MAY BE THE CATALYST FOR THE ABOVE, WHEN THE SURREAL "WEAK/DECLINING" SUPERPOWER US of 2015 BECOMES THE DE FACTO "WEAK/DECLINING" SUPERPOWER US OF 2030-2050 IN THE GEOPOL OR GLOBAL AFTERMATH. "OH THE HUGE MANATEE"!, iff America-loyal ISRAEL ends up being destroyed in the ME by a MUSLIM/ISLAMIC AMERIKAN. * TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > US INTEL [USCIA, DIA, etc.]: WAR HAS HURT, BUT NOT WEAKENED ISLAMIC STATE, despite 10-15,000 ISIS fighters being killed oer the past year. RELATED BIGNEWSNETWORK > ISLAMIC STATE NEGATES KILLED, WEAKENED STRATEGICALLY [but STILL RESILIENT]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-31 22:19 |
| #4 And, jsut askin... how much artillery across the border, how many raids and F16s have the Turks used against ISIS in the meanwhile? *crickets* |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-07-31 12:44 |
| #3 give the Kurds a few SAMs and drop those F16s. And now, seeing as the Turks used artillery, we know why Obama didnt want the to have artillery - they'd counterbattery the Turks. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-07-31 12:41 |
| #2 USA gets Incirlik air base; Turkey gets Obama approval to kill Kurds. USA is as dependable an ally as Turkey is a dependable force in NATO. |
| Posted by: Clyde Borgia7976 2015-07-31 08:57 |
| #1 Well this is working out swell. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-07-31 05:03 |