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| US tries to defuse Iraq-Turkey war of words over Mosul |
| 2016-10-13 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] As ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and Iraq traded insults over the Turkish troop presence outside djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... on Tuesday, the United States urged its allies to resolve the spat before a major offensive on the city. Iraq is preparing to fight to liberate Mosul from ISIS with support from the United States and a broad -- though sometimes fractious -- coalition of international partners. But recent preparations for the looming offensive have been overshadowed by tensions between Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... and Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Abadi has repeatedly urged Turkey to withdraw troops deployed near the northern city in an area nominally part of Iraq but controlled by forces loyal to the country’s autonomous Kurdish region. Erdogan has refused, insisting that Turkey has a role to play in liberating the city from the turban, and with tempers rising, both sides have resorted to insults. In Washington, State Department front man John Kirby said the operation would be led by Iraq and that it was a matter for Baghdad which forces should be deployed on its sovereign territory. "The Turkish forces that are deployed in Iraq are not there as part of the international coalition and the situation in Bashiqa is a matter for the governments of Iraq and Turkey to resolve," he said. Ankara maintains an estimated 2,000 troops in Iraq, around 500 of them in the Bashiqa camp training local fighters whom Turkish media say will join the battle to recapture Mosul. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 No. He'll probably smile this tatar smile of his. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-13 17:22 |
| #5 I've got a bad feeling about the Mosul campaign. Iran will try to start something with US troops and it turns into a free for all. And Putin will just sit back and watch. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-10-13 17:19 |
| #4 Soccer War II? Coasties these days just like recycling old titles. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-13 13:17 |
| #3 Kerry, Obama, Clinton, Merkel really knows how to make friends and influence people.. Neither Erdogen nor Putin is trying to. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-10-13 08:48 |
| #2 Erdogan really knows how to make friends and influence people. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-13 08:08 |
| #1 Because everything seems to get worse when Jawn Kerry gets on an airplane for the ME, I fear things will only get worse... |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2016-10-13 00:05 |