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Look Who's Silent on Bin Laden's Death
Michael Rubin 05.10.2011
Talk about a fair weather friend! More than a week after an American
operation killed Osama Bin Laden, a man responsible for thousands of
deaths, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan can't bring
himself to congratulate the United States. Erdogan's silence, which
was brought to my attention by some Turkish friends, is all the more
troubling given how an American team tracked Abdullah Ocalan, the
leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party terrorist group [PKK] and the
most wanted man in Turkey, basically handing him to a Turkish team on
a silver platter.
Then again, just five years ago, Erdogan personally vouched for Yasin
al-Qadi, a Saudi businessman identified by both the U.S. government
and UN agencies as an al-Qaeda financier, after the Turkish press
revealed that Cuneyd Zapsu, a top Erdogan advisor, had donated money
to al-Qadi's charity. Turkey no longer has a free press, but an
enterprising American reporter might want to ask Namik Tan, Turkey's
ambassador in Washington, to explain Erdogan's silence.
And, once again, President Obama and members of the Turkish caucus in
the U.S. Congress may want to explain why they embrace Turkey as a
friend when the fiercely anti-American prime minister does everything
in his power to embrace American enemies, encourages terrorist groups
like Hamas and Hezbollah, accepts an award from Libyan dictator
Qaddafi, and can't even muster an approving word on the death of a
master terrorist who killed not only Americans, but several dozen
Turks as well.
From: A. Papazian
Look Who's Silent on Bin Laden's Death
Michael Rubin 05.10.2011
Talk about a fair weather friend! More than a week after an American
operation killed Osama Bin Laden, a man responsible for thousands of
deaths, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan can't bring
himself to congratulate the United States. Erdogan's silence, which
was brought to my attention by some Turkish friends, is all the more
troubling given how an American team tracked Abdullah Ocalan, the
leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party terrorist group [PKK] and the
most wanted man in Turkey, basically handing him to a Turkish team on
a silver platter.
Then again, just five years ago, Erdogan personally vouched for Yasin
al-Qadi, a Saudi businessman identified by both the U.S. government
and UN agencies as an al-Qaeda financier, after the Turkish press
revealed that Cuneyd Zapsu, a top Erdogan advisor, had donated money
to al-Qadi's charity. Turkey no longer has a free press, but an
enterprising American reporter might want to ask Namik Tan, Turkey's
ambassador in Washington, to explain Erdogan's silence.
And, once again, President Obama and members of the Turkish caucus in
the U.S. Congress may want to explain why they embrace Turkey as a
friend when the fiercely anti-American prime minister does everything
in his power to embrace American enemies, encourages terrorist groups
like Hamas and Hezbollah, accepts an award from Libyan dictator
Qaddafi, and can't even muster an approving word on the death of a
master terrorist who killed not only Americans, but several dozen
Turks as well.
From: A. Papazian