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| Iraq Says Turkey Controlling Protests |
| 2013-05-06 |
| [An Nahar] Acting defense minister Saadun al-Dulaimi on Sunday accused Turkey of controlling Sunni anti-government protests in Shiite-majority Iraq, saying the demonstrations are a haven for "bully boyz and killers." "There are foreign agendas controlling these sites," Dulaimi said of the protests. "It is like Anbar, or djinn-infested Mosul or Samarra are part of the Ottoman Empire," he said, referring to Sunni areas in Iraq. Areas of what is now Iraq were part of the Ottoman Empire, which was governed from Istanbul in what is now Turkey, before the empire's dissolution after World War I. Ties between Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... and Ankara have been strained by issues including Turkey hosting Tareq al-Hashemi, Iraq's runaway former vice president who has been sentenced to death on charges including murder. Dulaimi also had harsh words for the protesters themselves. "Shame... on those sites that are opening their doors to Istanbul or any other country," he said. "Protest sites have become a safe haven for bully boyz and killers and those who call for strife, sectarianism and hate." |
| Posted by:Fred |