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2015-07-24 The Grand Turk

Turkey scrambles jets to Syrian border after deadly clash with ISIS

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Posted by Fred 2015-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 How long before Turkey ask for US aid to fight ISIS? Any guesses?

Posted by chris 2015-07-24 00:16|| 2015-07-24 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Turkey is to let the US carry out airstrikes against the Islamic State group from a key military base near the Syrian border, US officials have said.
The agreement, yet to be confirmed by Ankara, follows months of negotiations...The use of the Incirlik airbase broadens the US military's ability to strike IS targets - one US official told the New York Times it was a "game changer".
Once used in raids against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the base is near to Turkey's long border with Syria, and significantly narrows the distance to the IS stronghold of Raqqa.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-07-24 00:35|| 2015-07-24 00:35|| Front Page Top

#3 http://youtu.be/xtolv9kM1qk

Posted by Shipman 2015-07-24 06:27|| 2015-07-24 06:27|| Front Page Top

#4 He who plays with fire...

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-07-24 08:25|| 2015-07-24 08:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Turkey is to let the US carry out airstrikes against the Islamic State group from a key military base near the Syrian border, US officials have said.
The agreement, yet to be confirmed by Ankara

When Ankara confirms it, then I'll believe it.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-07-24 12:25|| 2015-07-24 12:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Turkey have been on the wrong side for past 2 years. Bit late now.

Posted by Wideboy 2015-07-24 12:36|| 2015-07-24 12:36|| Front Page Top

#7 US can use Incirlik air base to fight 'Islamic State,' says Turkey's Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan changed tack on Friday and said Turkey will allow its Incirlik air base to be used by the United States to fight against "Islamic State" (IS) militants "within a certain framework." His confirmation came hours after Turkish warplanes struck "IS" sites inside Syria.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-07-24 15:58|| 2015-07-24 15:58|| Front Page Top

#8 De latest this AM ...

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Hurriyet Daily News] TURKEY [Turkish Air Force] STRIKES TARGETS IN BOTH SYRIA AND IRAQ AGZ PKK AND ISIS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

and

* BIGNEWSNETWORK > [Guardian.UK] US' DEAL WID TURKEY MAY GO BEYOND SIMPLE USE OF AIRBASE.

Today ANKARA = TURKEY, tomorrow CAIRO = EGYPT for the US???

Moreso for the US given ...

* MEMRI.ORG > SAUDI PRESS: WE [KSA] MUST HAVE A MILITARY NUCLEAR PROGRAM WIDIN TEN YEARS [circa 2025 in parallel wid Nuclear Iran], NO ALTERNATIVE TO [Sunni-vs-Shia, pan-Me] NUCLEAR ARMS RACE, SUNNI BALANCE OF POWER [Nukes = Balance of Terror] NEEDED [ASAP AMAP ALAP in aftermath of new Iran-P5+1 Nuke Deal] AGZ IRAN AND ISRAEL.

Yuuup.

But I digress ...

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-24 21:27|| 2015-07-24 21:27|| Front Page Top

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