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| US military official: 'We were outraged' when Turkey pulled a fast one right after the anti-ISIS deal |
| 2015-08-12 |
| [Bus Insider] An American military source told Fox News that US military leaders were "outraged" when Turkey began launching airstrikes against the Kurdish PKK in northern Iraq just hours after striking an anti-ISIS deal with the US. "A Turkish officer came into the [the allied headquarters in the air war against ISIS] and announced that the strike would begin in 10 minutes and he needed all allied jets flying above Iraq to move south of Mosul immediately," the source said. "We were outraged." The US special forces stationed in northern Iraq advising and training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters had virtually no warning before Turkish jets started striking the mountains, where the PKK is headquartered. A ROZ (Restricted Operating Zone) in 10 minutes. Yea, I'd say 10 minutes is pretty much no warning. "We had no idea who the Turkish fighters were, their call signs, what frequencies they were using, their altitude or what they were squawking [to identify the jets on radar]," the source explained. Turkish military leaders asked coalition officers to reveal the trainers' specific whereabouts in order to avoid bombing them, but the officers flatly refused. "No way we were giving that up," said the military source. "If one of our guys got hit, the Turks would blame us. We gave the Turks large grids to avoid bombing. We could not risk having U.S. forces hit by Turkish bombs." The confrontation highlights the tension growing between the US and Turkey, which became a reluctant ally in the fight against ISIS after years of turning a blind eye to the jihadis' illicit activity on its southern border. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Beginning in the early 1990s the Turkish government allowed its Muslim Brothers to work in concert with the Islamic Government of Iran, and together they provided the support for Islamist operations in the Balkans. From that time to this, Ankara has not acted as an ally of the United States. It could not then be trusted, and it should not now be trusted until Erdogan and his cabal are expelled from power. |
| Posted by: Clomp Omagum5939 2015-08-12 12:11 |
| #6 A blind eye, holding out a rattling donations cup. "Nice airbase we are letting you use, shame if something happened to it..." (and if it did, it was most definitely Kurds) |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-08-12 12:09 |
| #5 Yada, yada, yada. The admirals too were vehement that we must keep Subic at all costs as it was the keystone to the Pacific! Generalship, it's diseases and their cures. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-08-12 10:29 |
| #4 We should have engaged them as unidentified hostiles. Period. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-08-12 10:05 |
| #3 fucking morons. Outraged? Hell I predicted it here - and I imagine so did a lot of other current spooks that know the region. They either didn't listen (which makes them fucking idiots), or they are putting on an act, which makes them complicit with State/Obama's treachery. Both of which are sufficient reasons to have a bloodbath in the flag officer ranks if someone competent takes over as CINC. Figurative bloodbath, although an exmaple like Adm Byng probably isnt a bad idea for these Obama idealogues masquerading as officers. As Voltaire said: "Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres" |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-08-12 10:04 |
| #2 "No way we were giving that up," said the military source. Until directed to do so by the White House, or betrayed by the Klingons, whichever comes first. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-08-12 02:33 |
| #1 I seem to recall that they were equally outraged in 1991. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-08-12 01:52 |