Saturday, 12 December 2015

State Dept. dodges RT’s question about Turkish troops in Iraq, gets personal

What matters in the State Department is not facts but 
ATTITUDE


State Dept spokesman gets personal with RT over Turkey-Iraq feud question



State Department spokesman John Kirby gets testy when RT’s Gayane Chichakyan asks if Iraq has a legitimate concern over “the situation where the US invites forces to Iraq and the US is leading this coalition… but when something goes wrong, the US says it’s none of our business - like what is happening with the Turkish troops.”






Turkey's invasion: Focus on Iraq after Syria policy failed


Tensions between Turkey and Iraq are growing with Ankara moving its troops into northern Iraq, claiming they are there to train Kurdish forces. Since then Baghdad has been demanding they should be withdrawn. It even urged NATO to make its member respect national sovereignty, and went to the UN to ask for help there.The Arab League strongly condemned Turkey's actions




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