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Champ denies sacrificing Kurds to gain Turkey's help in Islamic State fight
Brett McGurk, Mr. Obama's deputy special presidential envoy for the campaign against the Islamic State, tweeted over the weekend that "there is no connection between these airstrikes and recent understandings to intensify U.S.-Turkey cooperation against ISIL." State Department spokesman John Kirby went further Monday. "I understand the coincidence of all this, but it is just that," he said, denying that Washington has ever coordinated with the PKK. "We have long recognized the PKK as a foreign terrorist organization, and we recognize Turkey's right to defend itself against this group," Mr. Kirby said. "I recognize that in some cases, the PKK have fought against ISIL, but they are a foreign terrorist organization; we've designated them that as an FTO. "Our fight against ISIL is not in cooperation with, coordination with or communication with the PKK." Posted by: Besoeker 2015-07-28 |
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