Posted on 11/07/2014 8:42:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A former member of ISIS has revealed the extent to which the cooperation of the Turkish military and border forces allows the terrorist group, who now control large parts of Iraq and Syria, to travel through Turkish territory to reinforce fighters battling Kurdish forces.
A reluctant former communications technician working for Islamic State, going by the pseudonym ‘Sherko Omer’, who managed to escape the group, told Newsweek that he travelled in a convoy of trucks as part of an ISIS unit from their stronghold in Raqqa, across Turkish border, through Turkey and then back across the border to attack Syrian Kurds in the city of Serekaniye in northern Syria in February, in order to bypass defences.
“ISIS commanders told us to fear nothing at all because there was full cooperation with the Turks,” said Omer of crossing the border into Turkey, “and they reassured us that nothing will happen, especially when that is how they regularly travel from Raqqa and Aleppo to the Kurdish areas further northeast of Syria because it was impossible to travel through Syria as YPG controlled most parts of the Kurdish region.”
Until last month, NATO member Turkey had blocked Kurdish fighters from crossing the border into Syria to aid their Syrian counterparts in defending the border town of Kobane. Speaking to Newsweek, Kurds in Kobane said that people attempting to carry supplies across the border were often shot at.
National Army of Syrian Kurdistan (YPG) spokesman Polat Can went even further, saying that Turkish forces were actively aiding ISIS. “There is more than enough evidence with us now proving that the Turkish army gives ISIS terrorists weapons, ammunitions and allows them to cross the Turkish official border crossings in order for ISIS terrorists to initiate inhumane attacks against the Kurdish people in Rojava [north-eastern Syria].”
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Turkey created ISIS.
Where are Bammy and Juan?
Turkey has a problem with the Kurds in the area, they don’t trust them and supporting ISIS sends a message that they are not going to help the Kurds establish their own region in northern Syria.
I think this experiment of allowing Turkey into NATO has gone on long enough. Kick them to the curb.
Of course it does. They both want to form the Caliphate.
So, are Erdogan and Bammy back on the same page, again?
yes, they are a trojan horse.
Turkiye is in sympathy with the goals of ISIS and thinks that if ISIS successfully establishes a caliphate then Turkiye can move in on it and re-establish it in its proper location, Istanbul under the “protection” of the Turks.
It all comes down to Sunni v. Shiite. Turkey will not allow Iran to achieve hegemony. My enemy’s enemy is my friend. Turkey will use ISIS and discard them when the time comes.
To a certain extent, at least. Bothe desire the Caliphate. Obama might like to see the caliphate re-established in Istanbul or he may prefer it to be in NYC or DC. That would put the two countries at odds after later.
Agree. The Turks are worse than useless in NATO. Take down their flag in Brussels.
Thanks Hillary for the Arab Spring! Thanks Obama for ISIS!
This would be a good time to shut down Iranian oil production.
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