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| Iraq opposed to rumoured U.S. base transfer from Turkey to Kurdistan |
| 2018-02-28 |
| Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq is opposed to the rumored United States intentions to transfer its military base in ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire.... to Kurdish areas in Iraq or Syria, an Iraqi government source was quoted saying on Tuesday. Iraqi website Almaalomah quoted the source saying that "the Iraqi government has received with astonishment the news about U.S. plans to relocate its military base in Turkey’s Incirlik to Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdish regions in Syria". According to the source, "Baghdad will reject any U.S. step in that direction and will not accept U.S. bases on its soil". Benhas Anbari, an Israeli Middle East expert, has been recently quoted saying that the United States was earnestly considering the relocation of the Angerlick base to Iraqi or Syrian Kurdish areas. The U.S. says it maintains slightly above 5000 troops in Iraq for assistance and training purposes. An Iraqi government spokesperson was quoted a few weeks ago saying U.S. troops would be logically cut down after ending their mission supporting Iraqi forces in their campaign against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... myrmidons. Coalition and Pentagon commanders denied intentions to downscale troops’ numbers. Iraq declared victory over the Islamic state in December, ending three years of operations against the myrmidon group which had occupied a third of the country’s territories. The construction of the Incirlik airbase was concluded in 1955, with Ankara and Washington signing an agreement for the joint use of the facility. It has been used for several military operations over the past decades, and has served as a strategic storage area for the U.S. military. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 "alienating ALL the local countries" - Really? Like there is LOVE STREAMING from the ahole local countries right now? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-02-28 22:47 |
| #8 Is the primary objective to have (a) A large airbase with stable environs (no 'sappers in the wire')? Or (b) to redraw the national boundaries, alienating ALL the local countries, creating a new Kurdish nation? Think carefully before choosing. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-02-28 19:46 |
| #7 aside from the fact it is land locked for now |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-02-28 19:28 |
| #6 If we are going to be in Iraq, Syria and other regions, a home base in Kurdistan would be the best choice aside from the fact it is land locked. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-28 16:37 |
| #5 Your agony is gorgeous. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2018-02-28 15:46 |
| #4 Their country, their choice. How about sunny Cyprus? We could share the old British bases and mayhap, one fine day, give the Turk occupying the northern third of the island the boot. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-02-28 15:27 |
| #3 Good |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-02-28 14:03 |
| #2 There is a US Base in Katar and one in Turkey and the existence of these two serves as protection to the regimes in those two places from US anger. Both have taken advantage of that protection to pursue direct opposition to US goals in the Middle East through support of terrorism by the ruler of Katar and opposition to Kurdish interests by the tyrant in Turkey. It is time to move both of these to other countries. This would provide such protection where it would conform to our interests, and probably would improve behavior of both these countries. |
| Posted by: Daniel 2018-02-28 02:03 |
| #1 Good |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-02-28 00:15 |