... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
will be implemented in parallel with Baghdad’s efforts to disarm gangs in Shingal (Sinjar).
Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, 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. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, issuing a joint statement agreeing to enforce full federal authority in the Yazidi heartland of Shingal, west of Mosul, and subsequently terminate "the presence of all proscribed foreign armed elements."
Speaking to news hounds in New York on Saturday, Fidan reiterated
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
’s willingness to hand over the base.
"As Iraq’s roadmap for ending terrorism and the presence of gangs is implemented, Turkey will also move toward gradually reducing and ultimately ending its presence there — I am referring specifically to the Bashiqa base," he was quoted by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency as saying.
"Hopefully, once the presence of the terrorist group in Shingal is brought to an end and eliminated, we will, of course, take certain steps as well," he added.
Fidan’s remarks come less than two weeks after the Shingal Resistance® Units (YBS), a group affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), agreed to hand over its weapons and integrate with Iraqi security forces following a meeting with the Iraqi premier in Baghdad earlier in September.
Turkey has long cited the presence of the PKK and affiliated groups in the area as a security concern.
The Bashiqa-Zilkan base was established in 2015 following the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) onslaught, with Turkey deploying around 900 troops and heavy weaponry. The base has been a source of diplomatic friction between Ankara and Baghdad, with Iraq accusing Turkey of violating its illusory sovereignty.
The YBS agreement to hand over its weapons comes against the backdrop of the Turkey-PKK grinding of the peace processor and broader efforts toward the PKK’s disbandment.
Turkey has also maintained dozens of military bases in the Kurdistan Region for decades, citing its conflict with the PKK.
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