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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey welcomes US statement to not provide arms to YPG |
| 2015-11-06 |
| [Hurriyet] Ankara has welcomed a U.S. statement that the country is not currently providing arms to the People's Protection Units (YPG), the military force protecting the northern Syrian region of Rojava. "We have gladly noted [the U.S. statement]," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgic said following a statement by Col. Steve Warren, a Baghdad-based front man for the U.S.-led coalition against the 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.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). "We previously conveyed our concerns," Bilgic told news hounds Nov. 5 adding that they would "resolutely follow how this will be implemented in the field." "As of now, we are not providing weapons or ammunition to the YPG. The weapons that we've provided thus far, with the ammunition that we've provided in our one airdrop executed, was for the Syrian-Arab coalition," Warren, a Baghdad-based front man for the U.S.-led coalition against ISIL, told news hounds via teleconference from Baghdad. "As of now, future resupplies will also go to Arab-vetted Syrian opposition members," he added, after a news hound said a senior defense official had recently said the YPG would not be receiving any ammunition or weapons. "So, you know, as of now, that's where our policy stands." ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... regards the YPG as "terrorists" like the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been involved in a fight against the Turkish state for greater cultural rights for over 30 years. The state launched a grinding of the peace processor to solve the Kurdish problem in the country in the early 2010s, but the solution process was halted by the state during the run-up to Turkey's general elections on June 7. Responding to a question as to whether or not the U.S. would talk to Turkey about the issue, Warren said they were in "very close contact" with Turkey. "Obviously the Turks have concerns. You know, they're our partners and allies. We're going to address those concerns. We're going to work with them to achieve our common goal, which is to defeat ISIL," Warren said. |
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