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| Turkey Shells
Kurdish YPG and Syrian Forces: A US-Approved Provocative Act of War! |
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By Stephen Lendman |
| Turkey is a fascist police state, a valued US ally, a NATO member,
partnered with Obama’s war on Syria - naked aggression against a nonbelligerent
state. Reported cross-border shelling into Syrian territory ups the stakes hugely. Will direct confrontation with Russia follow? On Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu admitted his country’s military attacked Kurdish YPG fighters battling terrorist groups in northern Syria. “We will retaliate against every” advance they make,” he ranted. He demanded their forces “immediately withdraw from Azaz and the surrounding area (near Turkey’s border) and not go close to it again.” A Kurdish YPG official confirmed the attack, explaining the Menagh air base its forces captured from area terrorists was attacked, along with Maranaz village. Appearing on Arabic language Al-Mayadeen television, a YPG spokesman said “Turkish forces started shelling People’s Protection Units (YPG) positions on the territory of the Menagh air base.” Around the same time, Turkey’s military targeted Syrian forces, shelling them, a fabricated excuse given as justification - an act of war initiated with US permission or complicity. Erdogan would never act unilaterally on his own. He and Obama partner in each other’s high crimes. Shelling continued overnight Saturday, targeting the town of Deir Jamal in Aleppo province. Reports indicate numerous civilian casualties. News of Turkish aggression (in league with Washington) provides more evidence of farcical efforts for a cessation of hostilities and initiation of peace talks - each with no chance for success. Endless war continues. Turkey upped the stakes dangerously, complicit with Washington calling the shots. Everything ongoing in Syria and whatever is planned is a US operation. Allied with key NATO partners, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other rogue Arab states, the risk for dangerously escalating conflict remains huge. Reports of a possible Turkish/Saudi ground invasion perhaps accompanied by air attacks risks turning Syria into a flashpoint for direct US/Russia confrontation - an act of madness, a prescription for potential global war. Neocon lunatics making or influencing policy in Washington make the unthinkable possible. Their megalomaniacal aim to rule the world unchallenged may destroy it instead. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III." http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network. It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs. |
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