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U.S. Lands in Turkish Port Without Permission?
Story from Islam online, engage BS filter:The U.S.-flagged ship Tellus Wednesday, February 19, offloaded 522 military vehicles among other military equipments, in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, southern Turkey without permission from the Turkish government. They just sailed in and started offloading? The vehicles included army trucks, radio transmission vehicles and other types of troop transporters, according to footage broadcast by the network, Agence France-Presse (AFP) said. The CNN-Turk television network said the vehicles were assigned to units involved in the âupgradeâ of Turkish ports and airports, a mission authorized earlier this month by the Turkish parliament ahead of a possible war with Iraq. Oh, it must be that shipment of M-1A2 bulldozers we ordered. Meanwhile Aksam newspaper reported that tempers flared on Tuesday, February 18, when some 50 battle-ready U.S. commandos arrived by bus and sought to obtain entry to the port facilities. Port authority chairman Cumhur Ozturkler initially refused them entry to the port facilities, saying they did not have proper permission, the newspaper said. Note the "initially refused them entry" part. It was possible to reach officials at the port for confirmation on Wednesday, AFP said. Does he mean "not possible"? Aksam also reported that 12 patrol boats, dispatched by Turkey to the Iskenderun region, were preventing fishermen from putting out to sea. Humm, something going on out there they don't want people to see, perhaps? Sounds like the Turkish navy is in on it. Or are they doing it without permission as well? Nah. Officials recently suggested that ships carrying U.S. military equipment to Turkey were currently lying offshore, waiting for a green light from the Turkish parliament to start deploying combat forces. Anybody think we're offloading tanks without permission from somebody? Me neither. Something sneaky is going on, bet the deal is done and nobody's talking about it. Heh, heh, heh! Posted by: Steve 2003-02-19 |
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