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Iraq-Jordan
Turkey to US: Stop Tal Afar genocide
2004-09-11
Turkey has warned the United States over an ongoing operation in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, almost exclusively populated by Turkmens, after civilian casualties in the clashes have surged in the latest stages of what U.S. officials said was a crackdown on a militant cell in the town. News reports said that as many as 120 people have died in the U.S. onslaught in the town that started last weekend.
That doesn't make it genocide. Look at Darfur. That's genocide.
Turkey has undertaken high-level initiatives at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara and the White House as well as at the state and defense departments, upon instructions from Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who is on a tour of three Baltic countries, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
In that case, why doesn't Turkey get the Bad Guys out? They seem to know how to do it better than we do...
Turkey has told the United States that "news coming from Tal Afar was worrying" and said "the operation targeting Tal Afar should be stopped immediately," the statement said, adding that civilians should be spared, genocide excessive and indiscriminate use of force should be avoided and food and medical aid should be delivered to civilians. The Turkish military also expressed concern: "Developments taking place in Tal Afar are being carefully ????? and with concern," a statement from the General Staff said, calling on the parties concerned to exercise caution.
Posted by:Murat

#15  US to Turkey, "If you hadn't backstabbed us, we might have backed off. But you backstabbed us, so now you can FO.
Posted by: B   2004-09-12 12:32:15 AM  

#14  Turkey as a nation and the "Turks" as a people have had several opportunities at getting with the program.

A picture tells a thousand words.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-09-11 6:06:59 PM  

#13  Can anyone do one for Scientology?
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-09-11 5:41:38 PM  

#12  Zhang, what funny is if you change the references to Islam to News, post 11 applies equally to Dan Rather.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-09-11 5:23:20 PM  

#11  This bastard over armed scum Muslim bastard teenager "jihadis" are the reflection of a bunch of idiots in Islam and in the culture of this ineducated mass of jihadis called House of Islam Because of Islam's arrogant ideological incompetence and its bizarre irredentist mentality, Islam's troops and their intelligence officers and their diplomats had neither the resources nor the guidance needed to deal with the worsening conditions that steadily began to overwhelm them and continue to do so.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-09-11 5:07:49 PM  

#10   This bastard over armed scum american bastard teenager "soldiers" are the reflection of a bunch of idiots in power and in the culture of this ineducated mass of immigrants call America Because of the Bush administration's arrogant ideological incompetence and its bizarre 'mission accomplished' mentality, our troops and our intelligence officers and our diplomats had neither the resources nor the guidance needed to deal with the worsening conditions that steadily began to overwhelm them and continue to do so,
Posted by: Anonymous6   2004-09-11 4:58:27 PM  

#9  The town is a den of smuggling. Any action that disrupts smuggling will always result in protest - that's what protection money buys. "Genocide" is a convenient word in this case being used by opportunist scum who are bought and paid for. The use of the term to describe an American operation was guaranteed when Powell used the term to describe Darfur.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-09-11 4:44:38 PM  

#8  JFM, I had hoped that "untold thousands" covered that, but thank you anyway. Trust me, I've lit a candle and laid flowers at the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan. Not that I mind you making the point again ...

For those unclear on the subject, please read "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh" by Franz Werfel.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-09-11 2:21:31 PM  

#7  Zenster

Thousands of Armenians would have been merely a massacre, not a genocide. They were hundreds of thousands, over amillion I believe.
Posted by: JFM   2004-09-11 1:58:24 PM  

#6  could of been avoided if turkey played ball...but no - so f....off murat
Posted by: Anonymous6380   2004-09-11 12:51:59 PM  

#5  Shipman, you magnificent bastard...
Posted by: tu3031   2004-09-11 12:43:59 PM  

#4  Shipman-That's the kind of creative thinking the 9/11 report calls for. I like it!
Posted by: jules 2   2004-09-11 12:35:32 PM  

#3  This might be just the spot for the Armenian contingent.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-09-11 12:32:35 PM  

#2  To Turks, any military action that involves fighting against Muslims is genocide. And real Muslim genocides against Christians are lies.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-09-11 11:51:57 AM  

#1  A mere 120 people and suddenly it's "genocide," but Turkey still denies ever laying a finger on all those untold thousands of Armenians. Is anyone else's hypocrisy meter detonating?

Prepare for Murat trolling in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ...
Posted by: Zenster   2004-09-11 11:48:09 AM  

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