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| The Grand Turk |
| Islamic state took Kobane while armed Turkish troops with tanks turned their backs and let them |
| 2015-11-28 |
| From Sydney Morning Herald journalist Ruth Pollard on the scene. This behaviour is best understood when you admit the true enemy is Islamism and NOT Islamic State the group. That is why the Turks support them. Even if there were no Kurds they would still support the Caliphate because Turkey is now run by Islamists. ------ Reyhanli, Turkey: As Islamic State extremists raised their black flag in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane last year after a brutal three-week onslaught, the Turkish military - stationed just a kilometre away - turned their backs... As we gathered journalists watched, hundreds of Turkish soldiers and a long line of tanks positioned along a nearby ridge ignored the thunder of IS shelling that was destroying the Kurdish town street by street, forcing 160,000 people to flee in a matter of days. Instead, the soldiers focused their attention on the small bands of Kurdish protesters gathered on the hill next to the Mursitpinar border crossing to watch and worry about the plight of their loved ones still inside Kobane. Each day the Turkish soldiers would fire up their tanks and Armoured Personnel Carriers and storm towards the crowd of civilians, shooting volley after volley of choking tear gas and water cannons straight at protesters and journalists, chasing us over the rocky hills and into the small village nearby, where we found shelter wherever we could. It was agonising for the Kurds on the hill - with that much firepower, the Turks could have easily crossed into Kobane and helped the Kurdish YPG fighters who, in the end, with the backing of air strikes from the US-led coalition against IS, fought off the jihadists and reclaimed their ruined town. Turkey is fighting AGAINST us kick them out of NATO |
| Posted by:Anon1 |