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The Grand Turk
Turkey to ask US to hand over military bases in Syria: Hurriyet
2019-01-09
[AlAhram] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
will ask U.S. officials in talks on Tuesday to hand over its military bases in Syria to Ankara or destroy them, the Hurriyet newspaper reported, a request that could further complicate discussions over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria.

"Give them or destroy them," a Hurriyet newspaper headline said, referring to what it said were 22 U.S. military bases in Syria. It cited unspecified sources as saying Turkey would not accept Washington handing them over to the YPG.

A senior Ottoman Turkish security official told Rooters last week Washington needed to allow Turkey to use its bases in Syria.

Kalin is Erdogan's front man and deputy head of Turkey's security and foreign policies board.

Erdogan warned on Monday the U.S. withdrawal must be planned carefully and with the right partners, saying only Turkey had "the power and commitment to perform that task".
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Recip feeling his oats after snubbing John Bolton.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2019-01-09 14:22  

#3  Sure. Just don't open the basement door until the last soldier is at least ten miles away. Have a nice day.
Posted by: gorb   2019-01-09 13:31  

#2  I believe the response "Eat a Dick" is appropriate.

Also, I would give them to the Kurds.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-01-09 10:03  

#1  "All your base are belong to us"
Posted by: Injun Sproing8599   2019-01-09 09:08  

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