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| Iraq summons Turkey's ambassador over troop deployment near Mosul | ||
| 2015-12-06 | ||
| Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador on Saturday to demand that Turkey immediately withdraw hundreds of troops deployed in recent days to northern Iraq, near the Daesh-controlled city of Mosul. The ministry said in a statement the Turkish forces had entered Iraqi territory without the knowledge of the central government in Baghdad, and that Iraq considered such presence "a hostile act". But Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the troop rotation was routine and that Turkish forces had set up a camp near Mosul almost a year ago in coordination with Iraqi authorities. "This camp was established as a training camp for a force of local volunteers fighting terrorism," he said in a speech to a labour union that was broadcast live by NTV news channel.
Davutoglu said the camp, located some 30km northeast of Mosul, was set up at the Mosul governor's request and in coordination with the Iraqi Defence Ministry. "It has trained more than 2,000 of our Mosul Iraqi President Fouad Massoum earlier described the deployment as "a violation of international norms and law" and called on Turkey to withdraw, echoing a statement from Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi's media office a day earlier. A senior Kurdish military officer based north of Mosul told Reuters that additional Turkish trainers had arrived at a camp in the area overnight on Thursday escorted by a Turkish protection force. A small number of Turkish trainers was already at the camp to train the Hashid Watani (national mobilisation), a force made up of mainly The United States was aware of Turkey's deployment of Turkish soldiers to northern Iraq but the move is not part of the US-led coalition's activities, according to defence officials in Washington. US officials made several statements last week on plans to send more US troops to Iraq, prompting powerful Iraqi politicians and militias to protest against the presence of any foreign troops in Iraq without explicit permission from parliament.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 See also FREEREPUBLIC > IRAQ MAY SEEK "DIRECT MILITARY INTERVENTION FROM RUSSIA" TO EXPEL TURKISH TROOPS". Among OTHER OPTIONS, including but not limited to referral of Turkey to UNSC for Sanction and ... * BHARAT RAKSHAK > [Twitter] IRAQI MPS CALL FOR TURKEY TROOPS TO LEAVE NORTHERN TURKEY OR BE BOMBED BY THE IRAQI AIR FORCE. * AL ARABIYA > TURKEY MUST WITHDRAW "WIDIN 24 HOURS": IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. * RELATED? SAME > [Iran Supreme Ayatollah] KHAMENI ADVISOR: ASSAD FATE IS A "RED LINE" FOR IRAN. Ditto Turkish troops operating illegally widin "US-style/par" OWG Co-Superpower Iran's "Sphere of Influence" in Iraq, + Turkey setting up a Milbase in Qatar = Persian GUlf = Iran's "near-abroad/periphery" + "Sphere of Infleunce" in the Persian Gulf??? VERSUS * ZERHO HEDGE > TURKEY DETAINS RUSSIAN SHIPS IN BOSPOROUS, BLAMES MOSCOW FOR [Russian Sailor's]BRANDISHMENT OF ROCKET-LAUNCHER [ManPad?] IN STRAIT. * RELATED TOPIX > [The Age] TURKEY ANGERED [furious] BY ROCKET BRANDISHMENT ON RUSSIAN NAVAL SHIP PASSING ISTANBUL. * DAILY SABAH > RUSSIAN MISSLE-FLAUNTING DURING BOSPOROUS STRAIT PASSAGE A "PROVOCATION": [Turkey] FM CASUVUGLU. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-06 22:46 |
| #1 Sounds like a very blatant reinforcement of the ISIS in Mosul who are coming under more and more pressure every day. Turkey is sending troops into Iraq to divert the Kurds from doing any more damage to ISIS in Mosul. If this doesn't shoot up a signal flare on whose side Turkey Erdogan is on, then nothing will. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-12-06 12:27 |