Stephen Lendman | 12 Jan 2016 Evidence keeps mounting on how Turkey directly aids ISIS, complicit with Washington, other NATO countries and regional partners. Foreign support lets terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq and Libya thrive. Without it they’d become a spent force, unable to operate effectively on their own – what media scoundrels never explain,…
Stephen Lendman | 4 Jan 2016 Russian surveillance footage, independent investigative journalists and others exposed Erdogan’s oil smuggling racket, complicit with ISIS, refining and selling stolen Syrian and Iraqi oil on the black market – Israel a key beneficiary. Captured ISIS militant Mahmud Ghazi Tatar provided more evidence of illegal Turkish oil operations. His “commander…
The Independent | 1 Jan 2016 Mr Erdogan defends push for his own position as president to be strengthened Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended his push for a presidential system of government by citing “Hitler’s Germany” as an historic example. The President has pushed ahead with efforts to increase the stature of his own…
RT | 17 Dec 2015 The US has urged Turkey to withdraw its “unauthorized” military forces from northern Iraq, calling on Ankara to respect the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. US Vice President Joe Biden has spoken to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi regarding Turkey’s troop deployments. “The Vice President reaffirmed the United States’ commitment…
RT | 14 Dec 2015 Both Ankara and Washington were obliged to inform the UN Security Council about Islamic State illegally trafficking stolen oil, but didn’t, Russia’s UN envoy said in an interview, adding that this is against the UN resolution on financing terrorism. “We’ve got serious complaints about the implementation of [UN] resolution (#2199,…
RT | 14 Dec 2015 ISIS terrorists in Syria received all necessary materials to produce deadly sarin gas via Turkey, a Turkish MP claimed, citing evidence from an abruptly closed criminal case. Speaking to RT, Eren Erdem said there is grounds to believe of a cover up. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) member,…
Harper’s Magazine | 4 Dec 2015 Pierre Sprey, one of the brainchilds behind two of America’s most successful fighter aircraft, the F-16 and A-10, explains in detail how the Turks set up an ambush for Russia’s Su-24 On November 24, a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber near the border of…
The Unz Review | 5 December 2015 Considering the remarkable success of the Russian intervention in Syria, at least so far, it should not have come as a surprise that the AngloZionist Empire would strike back. The only question was how and when. We now know the answer to that question. On November 24th the Turkish…
Zero Hedge | December 6th, 2015 Last Wednesday, the Russian MoD delivered a lengthy presentation which contained compelling visual evidence of a connection between Islamic State’s illegal and highly profitable trade in stolen Iraqi and Syrian crude and Turkey. Here are some highlights: After loading up with oil, a truck convoy in east Syria heads…
Sputnik | 6 Dec 2015 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned to shoot down a Russian warplane engaged in Moscow’s anti-Daesh campaign in Syria six weeks prior to the Su-24 incident, a famous Turkish whistleblower apparently said on Twitter. Erdogan is worried about the outcome of the upcoming elections and is contemplating bringing down a…