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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey, U.S. aim for safe zone cleared of Islamic State in northern Syria |
| 2015-07-28 |
| [REUTERS] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and the United States are working on plans to provide air cover for Syrian rebels and jointly sweep 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.... fighters from a strip of land along the Turkish border, bolstering the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... member's security and providing a safe haven for civilians. Long a reluctant member of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, Turkey last week made a dramatic turnaround by granting the alliance access to its air bases and bombarding targets in Syria linked to the jihadist movement. Struggling with more than 1.8 million Syrian refugees, Turkey has long campaigned for a "no-fly zone" in northern Syria to keep Islamic State and Kurdish While no such formal arrangement has been struck with Washington, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the two allies saw eye to eye on the need to provide air cover for moderate Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State. "What we have now is air coverage to clear a region from Daesh (Islamic State) and support the moderate opposition so they can gain control of that region," Davutoglu told Turkey's ATV in an interview broadcast live. "We do not want to see Daesh on Turkey's borders." In Washington, U.S. officials said discussions were ongoing about the size and scope of a safe zone along the border, which would be cleared of Islamic State fighters and allow moderate rebels to operate freely. "The goal is to establish an ISIL-free zone and ensure greater security and stability along Turkey's border with Syria," a senior B.O. regime official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... . ISIL is an acronym for Islamic State. |
| Posted by:Fred |