...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).
In a security summit on late Nov. 4, the prime minister ordered a continuation of military operations against the PKK "without interruption in winter conditions," a written statement from Davutoglu's office said.
Developments in Syria, cross-border operations against ISIL elements and a military campaign conducted with coalition forces were also discussed during the meeting, read the statement.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow...
the foreign minister also expressed
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's determination to cooperate in the fight against ISIL during a visit to Arbil on Nov. 4.
| The relative importance of the two efforts is clear when the county's chief executive is in charge of killing Kurds, while his subordinate in charge of jaw-jaw intends to work with others around the question of doing something about ISIS. |
Massoud Barzani... hereditary head of the Kurdish Democratic Party, maybe a little too close to the Medes and the Persians for most people's tastes...
. "You will see. We should all stand together against this danger," Anadolu Agency quoted him as saying.
Sinirlioglu did not specify if Ankara's action would target ISIL bully boyz in Turkey or in Syria. "The occupation of one third of Iraq, and also vast areas of Syria, by Daesh [Islamic State] [ISIL] has undoubtedly created one of the most serious challenges," he said.
"It has threatened our security and, although the Daesh [Islamic State] advance has been checked with the support of the international effort which we are a part of, the threat is far from over," he added.
"As before, Turkey stands together with Iraq and the KRG in the fight against [ISIL]. We are determined to continue our military and humanitarian assistance that has started from the very beginning of the crisis. As a country that has suffered immensely from terrorism for so many years and one that hosts more than 2 million refugees, no other country understands the undue burden that 1.7 million IDPs and refugees, as well as the war effort against [ISIL], creates on the KRG," Sinirlioglu said.
"Rest assured that Turkey is steadfast in its support for Iraq and the KRG in the fight against terrorism. We will continue our assistance to ease the suffering of so many IDPs and refugees, who have become victims of a vicious terrorist organization," he added.
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson clarified a mistranslation in media reports on Nov. 5 and said Sinirlioglu did not use the word "ground operation," during his speech at the conference.
Elaborating on Sinirlioglu's visit to northern Iraq during which he pledged support in fight against ISIL, the spokesperson said, "Turkey will take all necessary measures as required."