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March 11, 2014 0

US-Turkish Relations: In Search of a Comfortable Footstool

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Links US-Turkish Relations: In Search of a Comfortable Footstool March 11, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci – New Eastern Outlook ) – It began in Istanbul’s Gezi Park where we are excepted to believe protests over  2.5 million strong (.pdf ) stemmed from opposition to a development project. AFP would report in its article, “ Turkish protesters have long list of complaints ,†that:  What started as a small group opposed to a development project in Istanbul has become an outpouring of national anger over how the Islamist-rooted government treats its citizens, testing Ankara’s quest to be a model country in its neighborhood.  Turks are increasingly frustrated about what they see as restrictions on their freedom after a series of last-minute reforms were rushed through parliament by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which enjoys an overwhelming majority.  “This is a movement which is a result of growing frustration and disappointment among secular segments of society who could not influence politics over the last decade,†said Sinan Ulgen, visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe.  “This is an unprecedented, abrupt and unplanned public movement that has not been manipulated by any political party.

April 18, 2013 0

Surreal: US Troops Stage in Jordan to Defend Al Qaeda in Syria

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The New York Times in their article titled, " Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With C.I.A. Aid ," admits that: With help from the C.I.A., Arab governments and Turkey have sharply increased their military aid to Syria’s opposition fighters in recent months, expanding a secret airlift of arms and equipment for the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, according to air traffic data, interviews with officials in several countries and the accounts of rebel commanders

March 19, 2013 0

NATO Proxies Using WMD’s in Syria – Dozens Dead

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Links NATO Proxies Using WMD’s in Syria – Dozens Dead March 19, 2013 (LD) UPDATED – After a 10 year war/occupation in Iraq, the death of over a million people including thousands of US soldiers, all based on patently false claims of the nation possessing "weapons of mass destruction," (WMDs), it is outrageous hypocrisy to see the West arming, funding, and politically backing terrorists in Syria who in fact both possess, and are now using such weapons against the Syrian people. At least 25 are reported dead after a chemical weapons attack targeting Syrian soldiers was carried out by NATO-backed terrorists in the northern city of Aleppo. While NATO-backed terrorists claim they lack the "expertise" to even use chemical weapons, it was reported by CNN in their December 2012 article, " Sources: U.S

December 12, 2012 0

US Recognizes Unelected Terrorists as Syrian "Representatives"

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Later that month, some 600 Libyan terrorists would be reported to have entered Syria to begin combat operations and have been flooding into the country ever since . Clearly they are not "secretly" organizing hundreds of fighters under the nose of the US consulate in Benghazi , Libya, and "sneaking" through NATO member states into Syria