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| Iraq |
| Iraqi ambassador to Turkey summoned over'occupier' troops slight |
| 2016-10-06 |
| [AA.TR] Iraq’s ambassador to Ankara was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday after the Iraqi parliament's characterization of Turkishtroops in Bashiqa as "occupiers," according to a ministry source. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim al-Alawi was called to the ministry early Wednesday. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry, for its part, responded by summoning the Turkishambassador to Baghdad. Ministry front man Ahmed Jamal said the Turkish envoy was summoned "on the background of the provocative Turkish statement about the operation of liberation of djinn-infested Mosul." ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... On Tuesday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned the Iraqi parliament's mischaracterization of Turkish troops in Bashiqa, situated near the ISIS-occupied northern Iraqi city of Mosul, who are present there to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS. "We strongly condemn the Iraqi parliament's unacceptable decision, including dirty accusations against Turkish President [Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... ]," the ministry said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |