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Iraq
ISIS blamed for poisoning water at Turkish military base north of Mosul
2016-08-02
Just a reminder that the Turks are there, doing whatever it is they are doing.
[Rudaw] At least 60 Turkish soldiers and 20 Sunni Death Eaters have reportedly been poisoned at a military base near the town of Bashiqa north of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, according to a local Kurdish official, who said that the 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (ISIS) is believed to have spoiled the bases’ water supply.

Khairi Khidir, manager of Shekhan hospital, told Rudaw that around "20 soldiers, who are [Sunni] Hashd al-Watani soldiers, were poisoned and admitted to our hospital."

Brig. Gen. Mohammed Yahya, head of the Gudadi base in Bashiqa rejected the notion that the soldiers have been poisoned, claiming instead that they "became ill due to high temperatures and overheated water."
Khidir added that according to the information obtained by them "another 60 Turkish soldiers became ill while at the base. Some of them received treatment from us while others were rushed back to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
Khidir went on to say that "we could not immediately identify the reason for their illness en masse."

An estimated 1,500 Sunni volunteers have been receiving military training from Turkish personnel at the Gudadi military base in Bashiqa, which Sunni officials claim will be a crucial part of pushing back ISIS murderous Moslems from Mosul.

About 300 Turkish troops with heavy weapons, tanks, and armored vehicles have been stationed at the base to train the Sunni militias.

A military source inside the base told Rudaw that now everybody at the base "is reluctant because they believe ISIS has poisoned the base's water, aimed at the Turkish soldiers specifically."

However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
 Brig. Gen. Mohammed Yahya, head of the Gudadi base in Bashiqa rejected the notion that the soldiers have been poisoned, claiming instead that they "became ill due to high temperatures and overheated water."
Hysteria rather than poison? Or simply poor hygiene practices...
The base is only 30 kilometers northeast of Mosul city and was established by the former Mosul governor Aseel Nujaifi.

Hashd al-Watani was initially established to recruit Sunni fighters who were willing to take part in an assault on ISIS in Iraq’s Sunni heartland of Mosul.

The base has been a frequent target for ISIS midrange missiles that have so far killed at least four Sunni fighters and maimed 28 others, according to military officials at the base.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  One of them bathed in the potable water reservoir

I see a flaw in that theory.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2016-08-02 20:27  

#3  Goat disposal
Posted by: Shipman   2016-08-02 18:41  

#2  One of them bathed in the potable water reservoir
Posted by: Frank G   2016-08-02 15:40  

#1  "we could not immediately identify the reason for their illness en masse"

'The Burka Flu'?
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-08-02 12:00  

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