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Iraq
Turkey may send additional troops to Bashiqa
2016-10-27
Turkey is considering deploying more troops to the Bashiqa military camp in northern Iraq due to the increasing threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), if the Ankara-Baghdad talks on the status of the camp fail, sources have told the Hürriyet Daily News.

A visiting Turkish delegation presented a draft to Iraqi officials in Baghdad on Oct. 17 where the parties amended some of the articles following proposals by the Iraqi side, Turkish officials said.
It's for the children...
The agreement will identify the current status and future of the Turkish troops, with Turkey insisting the soldiers remain stationed in Bashiqa until the end of the Mosul offensive. A formula that would bring the status of the Bashiqa camp under the mandate of the coalition forces has long been proposed by Turkey.

The next round of talks between Ankara and Baghdad will be held upon a reply from the Iraqi side.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  I think this camp is only a few miles from the Turkish border but it is actually inside Iraq. Unless Iraq approved (and I think they did not), this is an illegal act. The justification that it is needed to defend against ISIS is transparently phony as this territory is controlled by the Kurds.

If the President were doing his job he would say this.
Posted by: lord garth   2016-10-27 06:37  

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