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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey's evacuation of Syrian tomb 'no retreat' |
| 2015-02-24 |
| [The Peninsula] Turkey's decision to evacuate an historic tomb and the soldiers guarding it from Syrian territory was not a retreat, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... said Monday, rejecting opposition claims Ankara had surrendered the area to jihadists. Erdogan indicated the operation overnight Saturday was motivated by concerns the tomb and its Turkish guards could have come under attack by 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.... (IS) forces of Evil who control the area. "This is certainly not a retreat," he said in televised comments in Ankara. "This is a temporary relocation in order to not endanger the security of the lives of our soldiers on duty," he added. The opposition has lambasted the operation to remove the remains of Suleyman Shah -- a 13th century figure revered by Turks -- as a retreat that meekly handed over the area to IS. "You surrendered, but you're celebrating it as a victory. You have left a black mark on this nation," Arif Hamzacebi of the opposition CHP told parliament. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I thought revering tombs was un-Islamic? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-02-24 10:18 |