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2015-01-16 The Grand Turk

New Ottoman Emperor Rejects Obama's Strategy

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Posted by Fred 2015-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 This is correct. Reported in Turkey news sites.

Posted by phil_b 2015-01-16 00:45|| 2015-01-16 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Lest we fergit, "NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS" MOVIE > WILY USAF GENERAL BUSH = "THATS RIDICULOUS ... ITS NOT YEAR 2030-2050 YET"!

Iff Turkey wants to turn Ottoman again, it has to wait until 2030-2050 like God = Allan intended.

Silly boy.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-01-16 00:48|| 2015-01-16 00:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Saw pictures of this a couple of days ago. Competing caliphates, or is Erdogan throwing in with ISIS?

Posted by AlanC 2015-01-16 07:44|| 2015-01-16 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Thought Obama was vying for Ottoman Emperor.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-01-16 11:53|| 2015-01-16 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 is Erdogan throwing in with ISIS?

That certainly appears to be a building narrative.

SyrianFreePress

“Ankara may deny helping ISIS, but the evidence for this is overwhelming. “As we have the longest border with Syria,” writes Orhan Kemal Cengiz, a Turkish newspaper columnist, “Turkey’s support was vital for the jihadists in getting in and out of the country.” Indeed, the ISIS strongholds not coincidentally cluster close to Turkey’s frontiers.”

Reuters
Location Kobani

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a Kurdish official in the town, Idris Nassan, said the vehicle used in the dawn car bombing had come from Turkish territory.

Rudaw

“We know what ISIS’s agenda was, why they targeted Kurdistan and who sent them to Kurdistan,” said Ali Hussein, member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leadership.

“And certainly the time will come when the people of Kurdistan will learn about it too,” he said.

Posted by mossomo 2015-01-16 12:19|| 2015-01-16 12:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Where is "Ming the Merciless" ?

Posted by Sgt. D.T. 2015-01-16 12:49|| 2015-01-16 12:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Ming was ousted by Wang the Perverse.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-01-16 15:26|| 2015-01-16 15:26|| Front Page Top

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