Turkey's Erdogan calls Israel's offshore gas drilling 'madness'

Haaretz ^

[jhpigott]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan described offshore gas drilling by estranged ally Israel and Cyprus as "madness" on Wednesday, raising the stakes in a confrontation over potentially huge deposits in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The quarrel over gas has escalated in recent weeks, just as relations between Israel and Turkey abruptly broke down over Israel's refusal to apologize for its raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last year in which nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists died.

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"The Greek Cypriot administration and Israel are engaging in oil exploration madness in the Mediterranean," Turkish state news agency Anatolian quoted Erdogan as telling Turkish journalists in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting.

"Actually, the Greek Cypriot administration's drilling activity is nothing but sabotage of the negotiation process between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots," he added.

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Erdogan again emphasized Turkish military prowess on Wednesday: "Our assault boats and frigates are already in the region," Anatolian quoted him as saying.

[jhpigott]

ping

[roaddog727]

This dude has been hitting the Houka WAAAAAY to hard lately.

Since when is Gas exploration and drilling “madness”?

Ass-Clown!

[barstoolblues]

The Israelis and the Cypriots should really get under the turkeys in Turkey’s skin and join with the Armenians in oil exploration.

[Truth29]

A number of Turkey's “assault boats and frigates” need to find themselves disabled or sunk in port mysteriously. Also, NATO needs to recognize reality and expel Turkey. Turkey is a hostile Islamist state that should never be allowed into the EU either.

[KC_Lion]

"The Greek Cypriot administration and Israel are engaging in oil exploration madness in the Mediterranean"

Madness!?!?!?

THIS

IS

ISRAEL!!!

[montag813]

Erdogan again emphasized Turkish military prowess on Wednesday: "Our assault boats and frigates are already in the region," Anatolian quoted him as saying.

Bring it on, douchebag! Israel will put them on the bottom of the Sea.

[GonzoGOP]

The Israelis and the Cypriots should really get under the turkeys in Turkey’s skin and join with the Armenians in oil exploration.

Oh they have done better than that. The rigs are owned by a Russian company and some have Russian crews. When Turkey started blowing smoke last week Putin sent a couple of nuke subs to keep an eye on their rigs. So Turkey could get a whole lot more than they expect if the shooting starts around Cyprus.

[throwback]

Greece is always fighting with Turkey. Maybe now’s a good time for another dust-up. It would take their minds off the fact that their broke. Instead of beating up on their own riot police, they can expend their energy on something useful like throttling Erdogan.

[Genoa]

Some say the Edomites (Esau) went there and settled.

[Genoa]

Not only Libya, but Egypt too, both are heading quickly into the Iranian orbit. I wonder how Turkey will figure in this.

[wizzardude]

Parts of this seem eerily close to The Ezekiel Option

[Genoa]

Joel Rosenberg has an uncanny knack: fiction today, fact tomorrow.

[Colorado Cowgirl]

“Israel will put them on the bottom of the Sea”. Then Turkey can purchase new glass-bottom boats, to view their old assault boats and frigates sunk by Israel and remember
“he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.” Zechariah 2:8. If you touch Israel, you touch the apple of God’s eye, and you will never touch His chosen people again.

[SJackson]

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[Mariner]

He is STILL bluffing.

He thinks pushing around Cyprus is the same thing as pushing around Israel.

It's not.

Oh, and Russia has promised to protect Cyprus too.

He will either eat crow, or get his a$$ kicked.

[ScaniaBoy]

Where was Tantawi during the embassy attack?

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[dennisw]

These Muslim psycho-b!tches have enough oil . They have used their oil wealth to spread jihad and to build nuclear weapons. Time to let the Jews make some oil and natgas money

F off Turkey!

[Eleutheria5]

“”Actually, the Greek Cypriot administration’s drilling activity is nothing but sabotage of the negotiation process between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots,” he added.

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Erdogan again emphasized Turkish military prowess on Wednesday: “Our assault boats and frigates are already in the region,” Anatolian quoted him as saying.”

Sabotaging negotiations, huh? Sounds familiar....

Here’s a little video for ya, Erdogan: http://www.latma.co.il/

Remember it when you see what becomes of your assault boats and frigates.