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Ghost Dog

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5. Turkish military to have a base in Iraq's Mosul (Hürriyet)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 07:23 AM

Dec 2015

Turkey will have a permanent military base in the Bashiqa region of Mosul as the Turkish forces in the region training the Peshmerga forces have been reinforced, Hürriyet reported.

The deal regarding the base was signed between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani and Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioğlu, during the latter’s visit to northern Iraq on Nov. 4.

At least 150 Turkish soldiers, accompanied by 20-25 tanks, were deployed to the area by land late on Dec. 4, Anadolu Agency reported.

For more than two years, Turkey has had a group of soldiers in Bashiqa, located 32 kilometers north of Mosul, which is under Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) control. The soldiers have been training the Peshmerga forces and other anti-ISIL groups.

Some 150 Turkish soldiers and 20 tanks were deployed to the base to take over the mission from the 90 soldiers who have been in the region for two years...

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. nt bemildred Dec 2015 #4

Yikes.....n/t Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #7

Turkish military to have a base in Iraq's Mosul (Hürriyet) Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #5

More like training troops in Mosul. Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #6

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"Mere billions, almost nothing ..." nt bemildred Dec 2015 #12

lol That was my reaction too..no big deal..nothing to see here. n/t Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #13

Harry Sterling: Turkey’s Erdogan accused of aiding ISIS Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #9

It's odd; last year they were also there training the peshmerga muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #10

Barzani is in the smuggled oil trade too. bemildred Dec 2015 #11

Stalin did somethng similar PeoViejo Dec 2015 #27

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This is a chilling read. A bit more... KoKo Dec 2015 #15

He is interesting and informative. bemildred Dec 2015 #16

Barzani... KoKo Dec 2015 #18

About your excerpt: bemildred Dec 2015 #21

.... KoKo Dec 2015 #30

That is true too, that is what I call the "Monkey Politics" of it. bemildred Dec 2015 #31

!..... KoKo Dec 2015 #34

Much too sensible, no obvious immediate pecuniary reward, like you say, never happen. bemildred Dec 2015 #37

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...! KoKo Dec 2015 #20

... KoKo Dec 2015 #33

Accomodations will need to be made........ KoKo Dec 2015 #36

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Turkey 'astonished' by Iran charges of ISIS support bemildred Dec 2015 #23

lol Turkey is astonished they're exposed perhaps. Iran took down the news? I don't know what the Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #25

He is thrashing around a lot, he is. bemildred Dec 2015 #26

A new approach to Syria bemildred Dec 2015 #24

It's more reasonable than what they're doing now..but that's an understatement. Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #28

I am seeing the Lebanese model discussed in other places too. bemildred Dec 2015 #29

That's encouraging, at least the model is getting out there. Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #32

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