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| Iraq |
| Turkey Evacuates Consulate in Basra |
| 2014-06-18 |
| [An Nahar] Turkey said it evacuated its consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Tuesday for security reasons, a week after Islamist faceless myrmidons attacked its mission in djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... and kidnapped several dozen Turks. "In the context of the situation in Iraq, and because of the heightened security risk in the Basra region, our consulate general was evacuated today Tuesday," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Twitter. He said the diplomatic staff were taken to neighboring Kuwait. Fighters from the jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) kidnapped 49 Turks including diplomats and children from the Turkish consulate in Mosul on Wednesday as they captured swathes of northern Iraq. ISIL, which Turkey included in its list of terrorist organizations in early June, also seized 31 Turkish truck drivers earlier last week. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi only they haven't dumped him yet... said earlier "intense efforts" were being made to secure the release of the kidnapped citizens while accusing the Iraqi government of failing to protect the mission in Mosul. But a Turkish court on Tuesday imposed a blackout on media coverage of the kidnappings "for the security of Turkish citizens". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Thus far I've heard that ISIS has been supported by: * Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc. * The United States (back in 2012) * Syria and Iran and finally * Turkey. I suspect rumors that Turkey and/or the US _really_ support ISIS were behind a lot of the collapse of resistance in the Sunni areas of Iraq. That, and probably bribery. This would also explain why the Turks are looking to make a deal with the Kurds. "Don't interfere with what we're doing to Iraq, and we'll leave you alone in your little mini-state." |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-06-18 11:23 |
| #2 It's close to Iran as well. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-06-18 11:16 |
| #1 Basra is a long way from the ISIS fighting. Is something going to come to light that will piss off the shia in Basra? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-06-18 02:23 |