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2010-04-07 Europe

EX-Turkish diplomat says US has nukes in Istanbul

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Posted by Fred 2010-04-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 asserted that nearly 100 tactical nuclear weapons were stored, "not at the US Incirlik Base in Adana", but in Istanbul

It saves a fortune in delivery costs. Now where did I misplace that double-key.

Posted by ed 2010-04-07 00:54|| 2010-04-07 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 ION TROJAN WAR 2010 = AEGEAN, WAFF > [Go on]TAKE YOUR MONEY AND RUN! |GREEK BANKS LET LARGE WEALTHY CITIZENS MOVE THEIR MONEY OFFSHORE; + GREECE WILL DEFAULT, NOT NOW BUT IN THE NEXT YEAR + GREECE WILL COLLAPSE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-04-07 02:24|| 2010-04-07 02:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I heard a snippet of this on the radio yesterday morning, but couldn't find an article.

So this is why we're interested in what Iran's MSM has to say! (That's Mullah State Media)

Posted by Bobby 2010-04-07 06:05|| 2010-04-07 06:05|| Front Page Top

#4 I find it hard to believe we would store nuclear bombs in Turkey..

Check this list. Scroll down to TUSLOG Det 67 with the description (US Army) Headquarters Company for artillery companies and one ordnance company stationed mostly in and around western Turkey. Renamed as 528 USA Arty Gp, Cakmakli. Now what kind of artillery do you have which has neither tubes nor launchers of their own? They manage something but don't have delivery systems of their own. Now google over to Cakmakli and zoom out to see how far from a major Turkish city it is located. This is now history as systems have been retired, but the policy was and is that the Secretary neither confirms nor denies the existence of such material in foreign countries.

Then again, the US Army maintained Nike Hercules Anti-Aircraft batteries around major US cities to include a battery on Lake Shore drive in Chicago. The weapons system had the capability of both conventional and 'non-conventional' warheads. What was on the tip of those missiles only the personnel on site would know.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-04-07 08:49|| 2010-04-07 08:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Nike Herc Sites... Not heard that term in a few years.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-07 09:21|| 2010-04-07 09:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Check this list.

Thank you, Procopius2k. Clearly I need to go back to believing five impossible things before breakfast.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-04-07 10:14|| 2010-04-07 10:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Only five things, TW? The White Queen managed six ;)

Posted by Swanimote 2010-04-07 11:24|| 2010-04-07 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Ismail Addams, the "Firebug of the Bosporus"?

Posted by mojo 2010-04-07 13:00|| 2010-04-07 13:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Only five things, TW? The White Queen managed six ;)

I am a mere princess, dear Swanimote. Should I ever be deemed worthy of promotion, then I'll increase my workload.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-04-07 15:49|| 2010-04-07 15:49|| Front Page Top

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