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DetlefK

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5. Not just oil. Turkey turned a blind eye to ISIS-recruiters on turkish soil.

Reply to another_liberal (Original post)

Wed Dec 2, 2015, 10:18 AM

Dec 2015

At one point, ISIS-recruiters acted openly on turkish campuses. When students tried to expel them, ISIS threatened bloodbaths if the recruiters aren't left alone.

Or how about ISIS-recruiters had specific cafes in Turkey where they conducted the interviews with prospective recruits. Are we really supposed to believe the turkish intelligence services overlooked that?

And lastly:
The turkish-syrian border is ~600km long. The turkish-iraqi border is ~200 km.
How many possible routes are there along this border where oil-trucks could possibly cross from Syria into Turkey?
A few hundred at most.
Let's say 600 border-crossings times 50 soldiers. Turkey could easily keep an eye on every road by sending 30,000 soldiers and civilian observers to its southern border. Or ask the people who live there to report every oil-truck they see. Hell, they could install a single camera on each road to find out whether oil-trucks use it or not.
If Turkey wanted to, it could seriously clamp down on the oil-smuggling.
But it doesn't.
Why?

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The Turkish Connection is exposed. [View all] another_liberal Dec 2015 OP

Sputnik news again?????? GGJohn Dec 2015 #1

Hello. SamKnause Dec 2015 #3

Sputnik news was created by the Kremlin for the express purpose of GGJohn Dec 2015 #4

Here is the link. SamKnause Dec 2015 #8

Thank you for the link. GGJohn Dec 2015 #9

This OP consistently spams anything pro-Russian. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #10

Yep. GGJohn Dec 2015 #13

I take anything posted by this DUer to be the exact opposite of the truth. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #15

What is Turkey doing to fight Daesh? nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #21

in fact, Turkey is fighting the Kurds, who are fighting ISIS Fast Walker 52 Dec 2015 #30

I know that. And you know that. Apparently, Mo doesn't know that. nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #37

New York Times takes editorial direction from CIA reliable? Octafish Dec 2015 #12

Maybe you missed my earlier post where I said that I get my news from many GGJohn Dec 2015 #14

Thanks. 70,000,000 Du posts and that's the one I missed. Octafish Dec 2015 #16

A few more... SidDithers Dec 2015 #35

Because nothing says ''Democracy'' like ''Shut up.'' Octafish Dec 2015 #40

Heard you the first time . . . another_liberal Dec 2015 #20

The $2 billion figure is about 4 times previous estimates. leveymg Dec 2015 #2

They were doing an increasingly booming business until quite recently . . . another_liberal Dec 2015 #18

The previous high-end estimate was $800 million in 2014 leveymg Dec 2015 #24

That's a great deal of work . . . another_liberal Dec 2015 #27

Thank you. leveymg Dec 2015 #36

+1,000,000. nt. polly7 Dec 2015 #39

Not just oil. Turkey turned a blind eye to ISIS-recruiters on turkish soil. DetlefK Dec 2015 #5

Good agruments and convincing examples . . . another_liberal Dec 2015 #17

Did you ever notice that the people who defend sputniknews edhopper Dec 2015 #6

Funny how that goes huh. eom. GGJohn Dec 2015 #7

Similar propaganda driven agendas. eom MohRokTah Dec 2015 #11

No. But I've noticed how much some people sound like RW Red-baiters. n/t leveymg Dec 2015 #25

nope, never noticed that. So are you saing there's no link with Turkey and ISIS? Fast Walker 52 Dec 2015 #29

Funny, I don't recall you pointing out who calls the shots in US media. Octafish Dec 2015 #31

Reply to this post to signify that you think Turkey has nothing to do with ISIS. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2015 #19

Nothing . . . another_liberal Dec 2015 #22

...which means they just want to attack the messenger and the message. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2015 #23

Some people see things from a odd point of view . . . another_liberal Dec 2015 #26

To root for the Home or Away team is binary. This stuff is a lot more complex than that. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2015 #28

Agreed. another_liberal Dec 2015 #34

...according to Russia's Defense Ministry...nt SidDithers Dec 2015 #32

And the volumes of indisputable photographic and eye-witness evidence . . . another_liberal Dec 2015 #33

So indisputable you couldn't find any other sources, right? randome Dec 2015 #38

If it is evidence . . . another_liberal Dec 2015 #41