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| Iraq |
| Turkish troops have yet to leave |
| 2015-12-21 |
| (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Sunday, Nineveh city council announced, that there was no withdrawal or strengthening of Turkish troops in Iraq after targeting them, while indicated that the total number of these troops is approximately 200 soldiers. The deputy chairman of the council Nour el-Din Kablan said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “A few days ago, some of the Turkish troops assigned with protecting their trainers in northern Iraq had withdrawn,” pointing out that, “The withdrawal took place before attacking the camp, where those troops reside, by mortar shells.” Kablan added, “There wasn’t any kind of withdrawal or enforcement of these forces with other forces,” noting that, “The Turkish troops that are present in the camp in the province amount to approximately 200 personnel varying from trainers to guards of trainers”. He continued, “There are some agreements in this regard between Ankara and Baghdad,” expressing his hope, “to solve this issue according to the protocol and legal framework.” Noteworthy, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged that there was a misunderstanding with Iraq regarding the latest deployment of its troops in Bashiqa military base in Iraq, while asserted that the ministry will continue transferring some of its soldiers from Nineveh where the Iraqi military base is located. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 OTOH see GROONG > [Fars News] EX-CIA OFFICIAL [Larry Johnson] US WEAKNESS DROVE TURKEY OUT OF CONTROL. ARTIC = denotes that the POTUS Obama Admin is widely viewed or deemed by the World as "impotent". As for this Artic, the inter-Islamic struggle for Theological + Caliphate dominance between Sunni Islam, as represented by the new KSA Coalition = KSA "Superpower", + Turkey as a formal KSA Coalition Member or Independent, versus OWG Co-Superpower Shia Iran goes on. Somethings gotta give. Personally, I'm just waiting for EGYPT + PAKISTAN to bust a move. Speaking of EGYPT ... ... * IIRC MEMRI.ORG > EGYTPIAN COLUMNISTS: EGYPT NEEDS TO FIGHT ISIS IN LIBYA - UNILATERALLY, IFF NECESSARY. * BIGNEWSNETWORK, WORLD NEWS > PAKISTAN NOT A MEMBER OF [new] SAUDI ALLIANCE: MINISTER. Read, PAKISTAN HAS ITS OWN AMBITIONS, + ITS OWN NUKES ALREADY. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-21 22:54 |
| #1 Yokay, I'll bite - again, TO GO WHERE? OWG Co-Superpower wannabe, Neo-Ottomanist Erdogan-led TURKEY has nowhere to expand its "Sphere of Influence" save in Syria-Iraq + agz Russia. AFAIK, THEN-OTTOMAN TURKEY LOST ALL ITS WARS AGZ TSARIST RUSSIA BACK IN THE DAY, AND I DON'T THINK ERDOGAN IS ANY HURRY TO REPEAT MAHA-RUSHIAN HISTOIRE' AGZ DARTH PUTIN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-21 00:31 |