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I
have been wondering what Turkish-born whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
would have to say that is relevant to recent events between Turkey
and Russia. Her fate post-9/11 has been very much connected to Turkey
and its relationship with US operations in the region, most
particularly Operation Gladio B.
Here
is an article from Sputnik News followed by some contributions by
Sibel Edmonds.
Turkish
Grey Wolves: Forgotten Story of Cold War-Era Paramilitary Group
Why
has Washington been blind to Turkey's misdeeds in Syria and Iraq,
including the bombing of the Syrian Kurds and oil smuggling in Syria
and Iraq? The truth of the matter is that since the beginning of the
Cold War era US leadership has viewed Ankara as a valuable
geostrategic ally
11
December, 2015
During
the Cold War era Turkey was regarded by Washington as an
entity capable of containing the USSR's access to the
Mediterranean and the Middle East.
"Since
the earliest days of the Cold War, Turkey's strategic importance
derived from its geographic position as the West's
easternmost bulwark against Soviet communism. In an effort
to weaken the Soviet state, the CIA also used pan-Turkish
militants to incite anti-Soviet passions among Muslim
Turkish minorities inside the Soviet Union, a strategy that
strengthened ties between US intelligence and Turkey's
ultra-nationalists," prominent American author and expert
on far-right movements and terrorism, Martin A. Lee, wrote
in his essay for The Consortium in 1997.
In
1952 the Tactical Mobilization Group, a counter-guerilla special
force, was founded in Turkey (later absorbed by the Turkish
Army's Special Warfare Department). It was established as a part
of NATO's covert "stay-behind" anti-Communist
initiative, also known as Operation Gladio. The roots
of the initiative lay at the Truman Doctrine voiced
by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, before a
joint session of Congress.
"I
ask the Congress to authorize the detail of American
civilian and military personnel to Greece and Turkey, at the
request of those countries, to assist in the tasks
of reconstruction, and for the purpose of supervising
the use of such financial and material assistance as may be
furnished. I recommend that authority also be provided for the
instruction and training of selected Greek and Turkish
personnel," Truman said in his official speech, pledging to
"protect" Greece and Turkey from "Soviet aggression."
A
number of Turkish soldiers were sent to the United States
in 1948 in order to undergo training in "special
war methods" including assassinations, bombings, kidnappings,
attacks, torture and militia training.
One
of these Turkish military servicemen was Alparslan Turkes
(Türkeş), a would-be founder of the Turkish National Action
Party (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP) in 1969 and its
militant arm the Grey Wolves (Bozkurtlar).
"Led
by Colonel Alpaslan Turkes, the National Action Party espoused a
fanatical pan-Turkish ideology that called for reclaiming large
sections of the Soviet Union under the flag of a
re-born Turkish empire," Lee narrated, adding that Turkish
nationalists widely used translations of Nazi texts and formed a
Nazi-like credo "the Turkish race above all others."
Although
many Turkish ultra-nationalists were both "anti-Western"
and "anti-Soviet," they continued to cooperate
with NATO and US intelligence.
Interestingly
enough, the Grey Wolves had also established close ties with the
Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN), backed by the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA). The ABN was an umbrella organization
for anti-Communist émigré — former Nazi collaborators —
formed in 1943 by the Organization of Ukrainian
Nationalists (OUN). Headed by the infamous Nazi collaborator and
OUN member Yaroslav Stetsko, the organization brought together a wide
range of Eastern European emigration groups.
It
is no secret that the CIA used former Nazi collaborators and
executioners as a Cold War instrument against the USSR. For
instance, the CIA and the US State Department sponsored OUN leaders'
immigration to the United States in 1949, according to Dr.
Per Anders Rudling, a Swedish-American historian (The OUN, the UPA
and the Holocaust: A Study in the Manufacturing of Historical
Myths, 2011).
Remarkably,
Ruzi Nazar, a leader of the Munich-based ABN, had longstanding
relations with the CIA and MHP. Being a former member of SS
Turkestan legion, he had been involved in paramilitary training
of Grey Wolves in the 1960s.
In
general, Turkes established over 100 camps across Turkey
for MHP's military arm. The ultra-nationalist group took part
in terror activities aimed against their leftist rivals and
Kurds in the 1970s, resulting in the death of almost
6,000 people. It is believed that Bozkurtlar were also responsible
for a 1981 assassination attempt aimed against Pope John
Paul II.
Despite
the massacre they unleashed, the Grey Wolves enjoyed full protection
from Turkey's counter-guerilla units of a Special Warfare
Department.
Needless
to say, the collapse of the USSR was seen by pan-Turkish
MHP and Bozkurtlar as a brilliant opportunity to expand
their influence over the former Soviet Republics with Turkic
and Muslim population.
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AtsızHocanın İzindenTurana
Bozkurtlar Diriliyor
The
Grey Wolves took part both in the Nagorno-Karabakh War of 1992
between Azerbaijan and Armenia (on the Azerbaijani side) and
in the First and the Second Chechen Wars, in 1994 and 1999,
respectively, on the side of Chechen Islamists.
Furthermore, in 1995 Bozkurtlar were spotted making an attempt
to seize power in Azerbaijan.
Bangkok-based
geopolitical analyst Tony Cartalucci calls attention to the fact
that the Grey Wolves have recently bolstered their activity
in Central Asia, including former Soviet states and, most
notably, China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The analyst
assumes that Bozkurtlar could have been behind numerous terror
attacks carried out by Uyghur separatists in China.
Given
the history of the Grey Wolves organization, Bozkurtlar's
purported cooperation with Crimea Tatar nationalists and the
Ukrainian far-right groups, as well as Islamists in Syria
and Iraq comes as no surprise.
However,
the question remains open whether there is a force capable
of controlling the Turkish Frankenstein, created during the
Cold War era.
Turkish PM Erdogan: The Speedy Transformation of an Imperial Puppet
SIBEL
EDMONDS
18 January, 2014
This is How USA-Installed Puppets Go from Democratic Presidents to Despots & Terrorists When Their Time Comes
Have
you heard this famous quote ‘Marketing is everything … and
everything is marketing’? I know it was originally meant for
product sales, because admit it, you can have the best product
engineering, financial backing and operational mastery … but in the
end the success of your product is determined by how your customers
perceive your product-your brand. This principle of marketing applies
equally as well to our domestic politics and politicians, and it is
equally valid for world politics and leaders. The principle governs
one of the main operations of the U.S. Empire: Regime Building &
Puppet Installation. Not only that, it is also used in reverse as
well. Think of it as reverse engineering. It is very similar: The
Empire uses the same principle of marketing to bring down regimes and
uninstall puppets. The reversal of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s
world and domestic image provides a perfect example of the Empire’s
reverse marketing.
In
the United States, for over a decade, Turkey’s AKP Party and its
leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been branded, marketed, and promoted
as truly democratic and fair, and the best model of a democratic
government for the Islamic world. Please allow me to provide examples
of this branding and marketing performed by the US media for the
masters and planners of the Empire:
Let
us begin with one of the top marketing arms of the Empire’s
branding and marketing operations- CNN
Turkey Can Model Democracy for the Arab World
…Turkey, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP), as a model of a modern, democratic and Islamic nation nurturing pluralist ideals.
…
Rather than viewing Turkey's increasing currency in the region as a challenge, America should see it as an opportunity. From its free-market economic system, which is registering Chinese-level growth, to its compatible ideals, the promotion of the Turkish model is in America's national interest. Turkey effectively counters militant groups by challenging them from within Muslim society while also representing a crucial bridge between the West and the Muslim world.
…
America can immediately take practical steps to promote the Turkish model by encouraging the Egyptian army to move the nation toward a genuine, civilian-elected government.
…
Now,
let’s move to another significant marketing branch-this one
disguised as independent and nonprofit: NPR
Turkish Democracy: A Model for Other Countries
Then
there are the middle-of-the-road marketing arms:
Turkey is a Model for Democracy & New Relations with the West
Turkey’s rising trajectory was highlighted by the rock-star reception accorded to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his recent tour of the Arab Spring states of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya and his high-profile meetings during the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly.
…
Many find the Turkish model enticing, with the moderate Islamic Justice and Development Party, known as AKP, in office; a secular constitution in place; a strong military that is subservient to the elected civilian authority; and an economy that has been expanding.
…
Overall there’s hope that a new democratic era in the Middle East and North Africa will enable Arabs to develop a new paradigm for relations with the West. This paradigm would be based on equality and partnership – a position that Turkey has already achieved.
…
We
must not leave out one of the major international marketing branches
of the Empire: BBC: Turkey:
a model of democracy for the Arab world
And,
let us not forget or leave out the important role played by the
symbolic head(s) of the Empire in its branding and marketing
operations. Here is President Obamaselling the
world on the Empire’s own installed leader:
I just want to say how much I appreciate the opportunity to once again meet with my friend and colleague, Prime Minister Erdogan. I think it's fair to say that over the last several years, the relationship between Turkey and the United States has continued to grow across every dimension. And I find Prime Minister Erdogan to be an outstanding partner and an outstanding friend on a wide range of issues.
Of
course, once that happens, when the symbolic Imperial President
markets and sells an imperial product, the world echoes it: Obama
Names Turkey’s Erdoğan among Top Five International Friends
That’s
right. The U.S. Empire spent over a decade marketing and promoting
its favorite puppet in the Middle East- the AKP Party & Erdogan,
as the model for the Islamic World, Islamic Democracy, People’s
Choice, Great Leader … And then, bam, suddenly the AKP Party and
its leader reached their shelf-life. All of a sudden they reached
their expiration date. Almost over-night the party and its leader
went from democratic to despotic, from democracy-loving to dictator,
from squeaky clean to utterly corrupt, from moderate to extremist …
what the hell happened? How did the Empire-directed man of choice
make a 180 degree turn overnight?
Let
me give you some examples of the sudden reversal in branding and
marketing, and have you compare and contrast them with those above.
Please keep in mind, you are looking at a only few months between the
decade-long branding-marketing and the now reverse
branding-marketing.
The
following is from the same uber branch of the Empire that spent over
ten years promoting the opposite: CNN
Turkey's Erdogan: Successful Leader or 'Dictator'?
Erdogan "is offering unfortunate proof that it is possible to be both elected and authoritarian."
…
Many journalists say press freedoms in Turkey have declined under his rule. Reporters Without Borders says Turkey "is currently the world's biggest prison for journalists, especially those who express views critical of the authorities on the Kurdish issue."
…
Many secular Turks complain that the Islamist-rooted government is intolerant of criticism and diverse lifestyles, as evidenced by the recent enactment of tight restrictions on the sale of alcohol, Fadi Hakura, manager of the Turkey Project at the London-based think tank Chatham House, said in a CNN.com column.
…
Let
me just go ahead and list a few other headlines from thousands that
have been filling the headlines on Turkey’s AKP & Erdogan for
the last few months:
I
know that even the idiots among us would not believe such a sudden
and drastic change in a person. No one goes from being the most
freedom loving leader to the most authoritarian despot. No human
being can be transformed from democratic to dictator in a matter of
few months. No person can switch from fair and squeaky clean to
utterly dirty and corrupt. Nobody can convert from being a moderate
Islamist to an extremist bigot in less than a year. But wait, there
is even more.
The
Empire has even resorted to the “Terrorist” label in the reverse
branding-marketing of their previous puppet boy. You know what it
means when they start using that card-terrorist. Right?
Here
is an article on Erdogan’s ties to a famous man designated as a
terrorist (only when it is convenient for the Empire):
Erdogan’s Son Caught with Al-Qaeda Financier
Turkey’s political crisis took a dark turn this week. Photos of Prime Minister Erdoğan’s son meeting a suspected al-Qaeda financier in an Istanbul hotel were leaked to the press. The photos allegedly show Bilal Erdoğan meeting Saudi Arabian businessman Yasin al-Qadi, whom the US blacklisted in April 2013 as an al-Qaeda funder. According to media reports, Qadi, who visits Turkey frequently and was escorted by the Prime Minister’s security men, met Bilal to discuss a deal for a juicy piece of real estate worth $1 billion in Istanbul’s Etiler neighborhood.
…
Of
course, Al Qadi’s refuge in Turkey and his activities there, and
his ties to Erdogan and other high-level figures in Turkey, had been
known for over ten years.
Qadi’s relationship with Turkey and the Erdoğan family goes back a few years. In 2004 the Wall Street Journal uncovered transactions worth more than $1 million between Qadi and Maram, a Turkish front company that funded terrorists in Yemen. Associates of Qadi’s, including managers at Maram, are known funders and founders of al-Qaeda. Qadi has frequently and vehemently denied the accusations and spent a lot of money trying to clear his name. But at the very least, his dealings in Turkey are suspicious. According to opposition lawmakers, his presence in the country is illegal.
…
No
matter. It doesn’t matter whether this news is as old as a
decade-old moldy loaf of bread. It doesn’t matter that the US
government had zero problems with not only al Qadi but several other
high-level terrorists operating out of Turkey for over a decade. It
doesn’t matter at all. The branding-marketing branch of the Empire
will continue to use the terrorist card [All Emphasis Mine]:
Turkish PM Erdogan Hit by Allegations of Son’s Meeting with ‘Al Qaeda Financier’
According to findings by investigators leaked to Turkish media, Yasin Al Qadi is suspected of involvement in a scandal over the sale of land in an upmarket neighborhood in Istanbul. His alleged meeting last year with Bilal Erdogan could implicate the prime minister’s family in the affair.
The allegations could not come at a worse time for Mr. Erdogan, whose government is reeling from a series of corruption allegations.
…
In
2008, Forbes
Magazine,
published a fairly lengthy article on Yasin Al Qadi and his Turkish
ties [All Emphasis Mine]:
Did the ”Specially Designated Global Terrorist,” Yasin Al Qadi, evade U.N. sanctions with the help of politically connected friends in Turkey?
Not everyone agrees with this picture of Al Qadi. “I know Mr. Qadi,” Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a local television news station in July 2006. “I believe in him as I believe in myself. For Mr. Qadi to associate with a terrorist organization, or support one, is impossible.”
…
Back to Turkey: Al Qadi is not just a friend of Prime Minister Erdogan, but he’s close to a group of Islamic businessmen and politicians around the prime minister. It has already been widely reported in the press, mostly notably in a Wall Street Journal article in August 2007, that Al Qadi was a major and early investor in BIM, a food retailer originally founded in the mid-1990s by entrepreneurial brothers Aziz and Cuneyd Zapsu. According to Al Qadi’s lawyer, the Saudi exited BIM in 1999, despite reports to the contrary, and well before his controversial U.N. listing.
…
Kacar’s 2004 Al Qadi report, delivered under what the investigator said was intense pressure to complete his probe, cited evidence that Al Qadi’s companies in Turkey were transferring funds between 1997 and 2001 far in excess of both companies’ net incomes, and were still operating at the time of the report. Wired funds he traced from various companies and individuals went to, among others, a “charity” and other individuals branded terrorists or terrorist fronts by international investigators; there was reason to continue his investigations, Kacar wrote.
…
I
strongly urge you to read the entire investigative article here.
Before the terrorist attacks in September 2001, the FBI was fully
aware of Al Qadi’s operations with key al Qaeda figures. Not only
that, there were several investigations and operations targeting al
Qadi and his network in the United States prior to 9/11. Some of
these investigations were based in the FBI’s Washington Field
Office, and others were being conducted from the FBI’s Chicago
Field Office.
The
State Department and the CIA pressured the Bureau prior and post 9/11
to close and cover-up those investigations pertaining to Turkey and
Al Qadi, because exposing those operations would have resulted in
exposure of covert CIA-NATO operations in Central Asia and the
Caucasus during the period between 1996 and 2002. A few months ago,
before these re-leaks found their way into the media as new news, I
briefly discussed al Qadi during one of my Gladio interview series
with James Corbett. Here is a segment from that interview:
Here
is the link to our interview series on Gladio Operation B with James
Corbett:Here
The
terrorist card is being played by the Empire’s marketing arm, and
it will continue to be played. The favorite puppet, who was
previously characterized and promoted by the Empire as a favorite
leader, moderate and democratic, is now being reintroduced to the
public, here and abroad, as despotic, a dictator, corrupt, and even a
terrorist. Now comes the real question: why?
CIA
Operations via Imam Fethullah Glen
The
downfall of Turkey’s Erdogan began with a rift between him and the
CIA-Created Muslim Preacher Imam Fethullah Gulen. One of our authors
has been covering the rift for Boiling Frogs Post. You can read his
latest analysis here and here.
However, one cannot truly understand Erdogan’s downfall without
knowing the importance and power of CIA’s Fethullah Gulen. Since
2009 I have been a lone voice in reporting, analyzing and exposing
the Imam and his multi-billion dollar Islamic network and operations
around the globe, fully orchestrated and backed by the Central
Intelligence Agency-CIA. Allow me to provide you with a few
highlights from my reports since 2009.
Here
is a recent article that delves into Erdogan countering CIA’s
Mullah Gulen’s operations and network in Turkey:
Turkey Scandal Deepens with Raid on Charity Accused of Al Qaeda Ties
Turkish police raided offices of a government-backed Islamic charity in six provinces on Tuesday and detained at least 23 people accused of having links with Al Qaeda, local media reported. The coordinated operation against the Humanitarian Relief Foundation, or IHH, prompted the leadership of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to sack the senior police official responsible for conducting the raid at the charity's Kilis headquarters, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.
…
For
Erdogan the rift with Imam Fethullah Gulen means a rift with the CIA.
And we all know what happens to those puppets when they end up in a
rift with the CIA. Don’t we? The rift always brings expiration.
Once a puppet is considered expired,then lo and behold,
all of a sudden, the reversal branding and marketing begins: All old
skeletons are dug out of the deep closets and leaked to the media.
His previously overlooked human rights violations are looked at and
scrutinized under a microscope. The terrorist card is brought into
the equation. And the list goes on …
Violating
Imperial Commandments
All
Empire-installed puppets and regimes must commit to the Empire’s
commandments. This is a fact. It is the reality. Thou shall not
violate the Imperial commandments. Because if you do, thou shall be
disgraced, exposed, uninstalled, and may even be given death. All you
have to do is look at the past century’s history. See what happens
when an installed puppet gets too confident and inflicted with
hubris, and ignores one or more commandments. This is when they are
reborn as dictators, despots, torturers, and yes, terrorists. This is
when their backyards get dug up to find a few grams of weapons of
mass destruction.
So did Erdogan get too confident? Did he violate a
commandment or two? It seems that he did.
Turkey Mulls Buying Missiles from China, Snubbing NATO
Turkey has said that it is likely to buy a new missile defense program from a Chinese firm, unnerving NATO and American diplomats. A Reuters report from earlier this month said that Turkey is “highly likely” to buy the $3.4 billion program, from a firm under American sanctions, no less.
…
NATO's Mounting Opposition to Turkey’s Chinese Missile System
Turkey’s Choice of Chinese Missiles Poses Problem for West
Washington has reacted with concern over the decision of Turkey's Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSIK), the absolute authority on the country's defense projects and procurement, to acquire China’s FD-2000 system to fill the NATO member's high-altitude and long-range air defense gap. The committee met on Sept. 26 with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to enter into contract negotiations with the state-owned China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation.
…
Concern?
Are you kidding me?! The puppet may as well sign his own death
warrant. How dare he! This is violating one of the top Imperial
commandments. Anyone who ever dares to be this reckless will be
punished and made an example for all other installed-puppets.
Dear
lord! Here comes another major commandment violation:
Turkey Renews Plea to Join Shanghai Cooperation Organization
During a trip to Russia in November, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again said that Ankara would abandon its quest to join the European Union if it was offered full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
…
Mr. Erdogan Goes to Shanghai
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped that bomb on Jan. 25. With Turkish hopes for the EU membership diminishing, he declared the SCO to be a viable alternative to the European Union. “I said to Russian President Vladimir Putin, ‘You tease us, saying, ‘what [is Turkey] doing in the EU?’ Now I tease you: Include us in the Shanghai Five and we will forget about the EU.’”
…
Ouch!
There goes another pledge to the Empire’s top commandments.
Frankly, I am surprised he is still there-alive.
No
matter how we look at it Erdogan’s days are numbered. One will not
get away with having a major rift with the CIA. That’s one
commandment. Violated. Thou shall not buy weapons from China or
Russia regardless of quality or price advantage. Thou shall only feed
the Empire’s own fat Military Industrial Complex players. That’s
another major commandment. Violated. A puppet shall only be a member
of clubs solely owned and operated by the Empire. Joining others’
clubs, even thinking of joining others’ clubs, shall come with
severe retribution. This rule has been written with inerasable ink-
Violated. Well, these should take care of the Empire’s three-strike
rule. Erdogan should begin looking for a shelter; a refuge.
Either
it’s that, or the Turkish people taking the matters into their own
hands-where they belong.
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# # #
Sibel
Edmonds is the Publisher & Editor of Boiling
Frogs Post and
the author of the Memoir Classified
Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story.
She is the recipient of
the 2006 PEN Newman's Own First Amendment Award for her “commitment
to preserving the free flow of information in the United States in a
time of growing international isolation and increasing government
secrecy” Ms. Edmonds has a MA in Public Policy and International
Commerce from George Mason University, a BA in Criminal Justice and
Psychology from George Washington University.
SIBEL EDMONDS: ISIS IS US; LEARN
WHY TURKEY IS FALLING INTO PURE
CHAOS
This interview with RT's Sophie Shevardnadze is from a couple of days ago
'US cultivated, financed ISIS' - FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
President
Obama admits the rise of Islamic State was never properly addressed
by the US intelligence. Vice-President of the States puts all the
blame on America’s allies, saying it were they who funded
jihadists. Terrorists threaten direct attacks on American soil. Is
the U.S. ready to respond with more than just airstrikes? Was it
really unaware of the growing threat? And were that the allies that
gave a helping hand to the radicalism in Iraq and Syria? To find
answers to these questions, Sophie&Co speaks to FBI whistleblower
Sibel Edmonds.
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