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The Grand Turk
US may extradite Gulen to ease Turkey pressure on Saudi Arabia
2018-11-16
[PRESSTV] The White House is finding ways to extradite the US-based Ottoman Turkish dissident Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
, an arch-rival of Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
, a media report says.

Four sources have told NBC News that the administration of Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
is looking for ways to extradite Gulen, who is accused by Ankara of having criminal masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President Erdogan.

The move is said to be aimed at appeasing Erdogan and easing The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
's pressure on Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, according to two senior US officials and two other people briefed on the requests.

Trump administration officials last month asked federal law enforcement agencies to examine legal ways of removing Gulen in an attempt to persuade Erdogan to ease pressure on the Saudi government, the sources said.

They said the effort includes directives to the Justice Department and the FBI that officials reopen Turkey's case for his extradition, as well as a request to the Homeland Security Department for information about his legal status.

Posted by:Fred

#13  Note: PRESSTV = Iranian propaganda. Trial balloon that Yippy's floated many times before
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-16 20:11  

#12  Has Trump lost his fucking mind?
Posted by: Boss Spoper5850   2018-11-16 18:46  

#11  Rather than Deport Gulen, Dismantle His Toxic Empire - Center for Security Policy https://buff.ly/2PuVM66
Posted by: newc   2018-11-16 15:01  

#10  how would this differ from Obama scapegoating a filmmaker for "causing" Bengazi?
Posted by: Jeremiah Darling of the Slytherins8420   2018-11-16 11:50  

#9  Ref #8: .....he seeks to cloak himself with academic status by commissioning academics to write about him and paying for conferences at which his work is studied.

I believe we know how this originated and why General Mike Flynn was attacked by the Deep State for suggesting Gulen be repatriated.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-16 09:16  

#8  Well, lessee. Gulen was allowed to enter the US for "medical treatment" in 1999. That's have been the BJ Clinton prexidency. Did his state department deny any foreign nationals entree to the US for such humanitarian reasons in the same time frame?

Per Ickypedia (yeah, yeah, I know...)

Gülen's application for permanent residence status in the US was controversial. Gülen first based his claim to residency on his status as an "alien of extraordinary ability" in the field of education - the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services categorically rejected it. As lawyers representing the Secretary of Homeland Security observed, Gülen has no degree or training in education and had authored no scholarly works. To the contrary, they argued, the evidence submitted by Gülen indicates that, far from being an academic, he seeks to cloak himself with academic status by commissioning academics to write about him and paying for conferences at which his work is studied. But, over the objections of the FBI, of the State Department, and of the Department of Homeland Security, three former CIA operatives intervened and managed to secure a permanent US residency for Gülen. CIA National Intelligence Council former vice chairman Graham E. Fuller, former CIA official George Fidas and former US Ambassador to Turkey Morton Abramowitz wrote endorsement letters for Gülen's green card application in 2008. His application ultimately won approval.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-11-16 09:05  

#7  Can I say ditto to #1 - #6?
Posted by: AlanC   2018-11-16 07:38  

#6  Iran news quotes NBC reporting on anonymous swamp creatures. IDK who I trust the least.

Posted by: The peanut gallery   2018-11-16 05:13  

#5  Realpolitik would say yes... The Gray Menâ„¢ in State would like to sweep Gulen under the rug so they enjoy their European wine parties without pesky interruptions because "...at this point what difference does it make?" in their view.
But then, Why should we make Erdogan happy? What would we gain from it?
Posted by: magpie   2018-11-16 04:02  

#4  Extradite to the Muslim Brother that destroyed the freest press in Islamoland, jailed hundreds (or is it thousands) of reporters and murdered how many? Dream on Iran.
Posted by: Angaique Whise9809   2018-11-16 03:48  

#3  Are these unnamed sources as elusive as those supporting the Russia dossier? I’ll believe it when it happens, and not before.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-11-16 01:58  

#2  No, not a prudent move. He'll end up the same as Khashoggi, only after more extensive torture. I hope CIA Director Haspel strongly discourages this.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-16 00:58  

#1  I don't like this move at all; Erdogan's probably gonna welsh on any deal we cut with him in this regard.
Posted by: Raj   2018-11-16 00:50  

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