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| Turkey’s first military base in Somalia | ||
| 2016-06-16 | ||
A Turkish military center in Somalia is expected to train Somalian troops to fight against Al-Shabaab armed group. Following a military base in Qatar, Turkey’s second overseas military base will be in Somalia, at the coast of the Gulf of Aden.
The military base in Mogadishu is a part of Turkey’s pledge to build up the national army for the Somali government, which will fight against the al-Shabaab extreme organization as well as other regional extreme groups. According to government sources the initiative was a part of a framework agreement between the countries on defense industry cooperation signed last year. On January 25 in 2015, Mogadishu and Ankara reached an agreement to increase military cooperation, which lasted almost a year until it was approved by the Defense Committee of the Turkish Parliament on December 9, 2015. | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 So the surround of Saudi Arabia is now complete? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-06-16 14:17 |
| #5 Interesting reading, 3dc, thank you. I've bookmarked the Asia Times article under Islam, etc. in my Rantburg file. Does Turkey assume the colonization of Europe will in time end its objections to Barbary piracy? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-06-16 09:03 |
| #4 Would we or the Euros actually allow such a thing to occur 3dc? How hard would it be to totally destroy any and all maritime "assets" (other than anchors) and their port facilities if we really wanted to? I don't doubt that deluded Muzzies dream of such things, but really? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-06-16 07:20 |
| #3 Re the new Barbary War: ISIL wants it's own navy for attacks in the Med |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-06-16 00:18 |
| #2 Note also in that story that Turkey is building an aircraft carrier and that Libya plays into Turkey's game as a restart of the same game the US Marines halted with Jefferson's Barbary War. Islam always circles back to the game plan. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-06-16 00:14 |
| #1 Why on earth does Turkey care? - Read my late post yesterday from atimes.com. It's a part of the Sunni vs Shia pipeline game. Link: Saudi Arabia and Turkey's Pipeline Wars in Yemen and Syria |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-06-16 00:11 |