Turkish intelligence assisted IDF in attack on Syria

Kuwaiti newspaper says Turkish intelligence provided Israel with information on targets Air Force allegedly attacked last week without Turkish government's authorization.

Turkish intelligence provided Israel with information on the Syrian targets allegedly attacked by the Air Force last week without the Turkish government's authorization, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jareeda reported Thursday.

Al-Jareeda quoted several sources as saying that Israel and senior Turkish military personnel coordinated Israel's invasion of Turkish airspace during the operation to send a message to the ruling Justice and Development party, or AKP. Senior military officials in Turkey, most of whom are secular, oppose the Islamist party's platform.

According to the sources, AKP member and newly-elected President Abdullah Gul is not doing enough to prevent the transfer of arms from Iran to terror groups in Syria and Lebanon via Turkey.

However, the London-based Arabic newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat reported that IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi refused to take a call from his Turkish counterpart, who asked for clarifications on the attack.,p. An Israeli diplomatic source said last Saturday that Turkey asked Israel for clarifications after finding two fuel tanks on its territory near the Syrian border allegedly belonging to Israeli warplanes,

Furthermore, Turkey's top-selling Hurriyet newspaper carried photographs of what it said were fuel tanks jettisoned by Israeli F-15Is sent to gather intelligence on Syrian installations near the Turkish border.

The way this article should be read.

Iran....Turkey is in on it too.

2 posted on 09/13/2007 4:21:03 PM PDT by TexanToTheCore (If it ain't Rugby or Bullriding, it's for girls.........................................)

No int agency would provide information to the Press, not Turkey, not anybody.

3 posted on 09/13/2007 4:23:39 PM PDT by RightWhale (Stop Change while it is perfect.)

No int agency would provide information to the Press, not Turkey, not anybody.

Except the CIA to the NYT...

4 posted on 09/13/2007 4:37:11 PM PDT by LexBaird (Behold, thou hast drinken of the Aide of Kool, and are lost unto Men.)

Can’t comment.
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5 posted on 09/13/2007 4:40:26 PM PDT by RightWhale (Stop Change while it is perfect.)

Al-Jareeda, that would be th middle east division of the nytimes.

6 posted on 09/13/2007 5:00:53 PM PDT by wearearepublic

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Thickening plot ping.

7 posted on 09/13/2007 7:51:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Wednesday, September 12, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)

According to the sources, AKP member and newly-elected President Abdullah Gul is not doing enough to prevent the transfer of arms from Iran to terror groups in Syria and Lebanon via Turkey.

8 posted on 09/13/2007 7:53:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Wednesday, September 12, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)

thanks, bfl

9 posted on 09/13/2007 8:08:55 PM PDT by neverdem (Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)

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10 posted on 09/14/2007 10:56:01 AM PDT by SJackson (isolationism never was, never will be acceptable response to[expansionist] tyrannical governments)

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