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| The Grand Turk |
| Plan to exclude Turkey from Mideast power struggle |
| 2015-12-10 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Anyone who thinks the Iraqi government's outburst, the first of its kind since the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime, is entirely against the presence of Turkish forces on Iraqi soil is wrong. The total number of Turkish troops is 150 military personnel, and they are present in the vicinity of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , which ISIS has been occupying for a year and a half now. And anyone who thinks the escalating Russian threats against Turkish troops on the borders with north Syria are only against the Turks is also wrong, as this border area is a zone where armies and militias from across the world are competing. Iran, Iraq and Russia's mounting aggravation against ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... implies this is a plan to curb Turkey and cancel its regional role, so that Tehran can become the decision-maker in Iraq and Syria, thus achieving its project without anyone confronting it in the region. This has been happening in a five-year crisis that has seen the U.S. retreat, and do nothing except issue statements of solidarity. Mosul troops The Turkish battalion present outside Mosul arrived there at the invitation of the former governor of Mosul for the purpose of training the city's young men who volunteered to defend their city after Iraqi government forces fled, and Lions of Islam entered the governorate's countryside. Mosul was left to ISIS, and the Popular Mobilization Forces did not choose to liberate it since the latter consists of sectarian Shiite militias and was actually formed by Iran as an alternative to the Iraqi army. It is therefore Iran who actually trains, equips and directs them. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The total number of Turkish troops is 150 military personnel What is Turkey without window dressing? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-12-10 16:10 |