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2017-07-19 The Grand Turk

Turkey Leaks Secret Locations of U.S. Troops in Syria

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Posted by Frank G 2017-07-19 12:52|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Erdogan... we remember Motorola and Nokia. We remember the 4th ID. We will remember this. We have long memories asshole even if the State Department doesn't have any damn memory.

Posted by 3dc 2017-07-19 13:58|| 2017-07-19 13:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Not all of us remember Motorola and Nokia. Please explain, 3dc.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-07-19 16:23|| 2017-07-19 16:23|| Front Page Top

#3 US troops pack up and go as Turkey refuses any help

By Harry de Quetteville in Cizre, Turkey12:01AM GMT 24 Mar 2003
American troops began to withdraw from logistics bases in south-eastern Turkey yesterday as the Pentagon finally conceded that US forces would not be able to move through the country to open a northern front in Iraq.

Turkey has resisted US pressure to allow attacks on Iraq from its soil, forbidding American warplanes to use its air bases and the 4th Infantry Division to set up camps just north of the Iraqi border.

Nonetheless, US military planners had hoped for a change of heart and a small number of US scouts had established a chain of logistics bases from Turkey's Mediterranean port of Iskenderun across the south of the country to its frontier with Iraq.

Yesterday those personnel began to withdraw, with a column of lorries taking men and equipment back to Iskenderun - finally shelving the planned US operation.

At the outset it was assumed that Turkey would renew the help it provided in the first Gulf war, when it allowed coalition aircraft to use the Incirlik air base in return for US financial aid.

"Never trust a Russian. Never trust an Arab."
~ Author unknown.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-19 16:52|| 2017-07-19 16:52|| Front Page Top

#4 At the time, I believed that Turkey refused the 4th ID, recon assets and flights as they were colluding with Saddam to protect the northwestern part of Iraq. This would allow for 'escapees' and their cash to flee (for a price, of course) to Syria.

Upon hearing of the Iraqi/Russian 'CBW Remediation Conveys' heading for Syria (who wouldn't have been able to make that journey if they were being watched or confronted), the collusion became even more apparent. Wonder what the price for this was?

Besoeker nails it with the 'Never trust' statement.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-07-19 17:23|| 2017-07-19 17:23|| Front Page Top

#5 The pomelo skin on Erdogan's head is very becoming.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2017-07-19 18:01|| 2017-07-19 18:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Nokia and Motorola got taken for billions by Telsim a Turkish mobile company at the turn of the last century.

Posted by Publius Punter 2017-07-19 22:46|| 2017-07-19 22:46|| Front Page Top

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