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Editorial, 11 September 2014
Two centuries ago novelist Mary Shelley's mad Dr. Victor Frankenstein
unleashed upon the world a laboratory-made fiend. But when the
alchemist doctor realized he had created a monster, he abandoned the
violent humanoid and fled. Something similar, but on a larger scale,
has occurred in the Middle East.
A few years ago Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar helped create a Sunni
terrorist group so as to bring down Assad of Syria and impose Sunni
hegemony in Arab Middle East. While the jihadist monster kept changing
its name from JTJ to Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Balad al-Rafidayn to
Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(ISIL) to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and in the past
month to Islamic State (IS), its agenda has remained unchanged:
to impose its mad will through psychotic violence.
But now that the monsters of the desert have been exposed, Turkey
and its fellow conspirators are disassociating themselves from the
death cult they have created, just as Dr. Frankenstein fled from
his invention. Of the three mad scientists, Ankara has been the most
insistent in its denial of the obvious collaboration.
One of the first organizations to condemn Turkey's support of ISIS
was the Assembly of Armenians of Europe. It called upon the UN and the
international community to "condemn and take effective action against
Turkey's covert logistic support of ISIS." Then the Yezidis of Armenia
traced the tragedy of Iraqi Yezidis to Turkey and its president.
Erdogan is responsible for the genocide being carried out against
the Iraqi Yezidis, they said.
While the Armenian and Yezidi organizations accused Turkey, the
media--including Turkish--provided evidence of Ankara's support of
the Islamist terrorists. Emre Uslu (Today's Zaman, Sept. 5) wrote:
"Intelligence communities around the world have been well aware of the
fact that the Turkish intelligence agency was in close contact with
those [El-Qaida-affiliated organizations such as ISIL] and that many
weapons were transferred to those organizations. International media
provided tons of evidence about it..." "Taraf" of Turkey reported on
Sept. 9 that American experts had discovered ammunition used by ISIL
fighters was marked as coming from Turkish Mechanical and Chemical
Industry Corporation (MKI). The Americans had also noted that bombs
used by ISIL in Erbil were also marked MKI.
Since 2012 at least 5,000 al-Qaeda-affiliated groups have used Turkey
as bridge to Syria. After landing in Istanbul, the jihadists have
been driven across Turkey to Hatay, to Urfa and Gaziantep, near the
Syrian border. No jihadist has been arrested by the Turkish police
or intelligence which traditionally take great pride in monitoring
the movements of Turkish citizens.
ARD TV of Germany aired a video (August 31) which showed ISIL camps
in Gaziantep where militants were being trained. The program alleged
that European jihadists received ideological and military training
in Turkey. Some headed to Syria/Iraq while others returned to Europe
thus posing a threat to Europe, an EC official said. CNN also aired
information about the secret routes jihadists take through Turkey.
Mahmud Erdem, whose sons recently joined ISIL, claimed Turkish National
Intelligence Organization (MIT) is involved in convincing European
youths to join jihadists and in transporting them to ISIS camps.
ISIS, which has been described as Al-Qaida on steroids, has a liaison
office in Istanbul's Fatih district and militants going to Syria stop
there to receive money (up to 400 Euros) and are assisted in crossing
the border.
Referring to Turkey's porous border, the BBC accused Ankara of
"operating a highly questionable [British understatement] policy of
border enforcement in which weapons and money flooded into Syria,
with the Qatar and Saudi backing."
When the bar association of Gaziantep cited the Right to Information
Act in its demand for data about terrorists crossing Turkey's borders,
police said the right for such information was not included under
the Act.
A few weeks ago, in a "Jerusalem Post" article, journalist Mary
Chastain quoted an ISIL fighter who said Turkey had provided funds
for the terrorist group. "Turkey paved the way for us. Had Turkey
not shown such understanding for us, the Islamic State would not be
in its current place. It showed us affection. Large [numbers] of our
mujahedeen received medical treatment in Turkey."
Wounded jihadists have been treated free of charge in Turkey.
Jihadists seeking R and R from the battlefield have vacationed in
Turkish border hotels.
And now Turkey fattens its purse by buying/selling cheap diesel
stolen by ISIS from Syria and Iraq. Jihadist smugglers are exporting
to Turkey 9,000 barrels of oil a day at prices ranging from $25 to $45.
Dr. Hisham al-Hishami, an Iraqi expert on ISIS, said: "The Turkish
border is the only way to smuggle oil, weapons and foreign fighters
[into Iraq and Syria]."
Ankara point man and Gaziantep Governor Erdal Ata has denied (Aug. 31)
claims that ISIL uses the Gaziantep province as a base for training
jihadist militia. He said media reports were baseless and were aimed
"to defame the government and Turkey in the international arena."
Investigative journalist Esad Hecimovic of Sarajevo reported Turkey
is the transit route for Bosnian Muslim fighters headed to Syria/Iraq.
Despite the above evidence and much more about logistic support and
the shipment of weapons through Turkey, in early September Turkey
sent its diplomats to various key countries to persuade the world
that Turkey has no links to ISIL/ISIS/IS. Meanwhile, showing its true
colors, Turkey has forbidden the US the use of the Incirlik air base
for recent attacks on ISIS. "They [Turkey] will not allow the use of
Incirlik for lethal air strikes," said Henri Barkey, a former member
of the US State Department policy planning staff.
And despite all the evidence of Turkey's complicity in the creation
and nurturing of ISIS the West continues to shirk from condemning
Turkey. In fact, former British Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies
Campbell publicly bribed Turkey that if Ankara cooperated in stamping
out ISIS, its entry to the EU could be facilitated.
Rather than condemn Ankara, America's milquetoast Defense Secretary
Chuck Hagel, bleated "Turkey is a key NATO ally [STOP THE PRESSES].
Given its borders with Syria and Iraq, Turkey shares [STOP THE PRESSES]
our deep concerns with the regional threat posed by ISIL [EUREKA!]."
Scrambling to helm the kowtowing of Ankara, NATO Secretary-General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that NAT0 expressed support for Turkey
against the growing threat from ISIL and that NATO would take all the
necessary steps to defend alliance member Turkey if it were threatened
by ISIL fighters. "If any of our allies, and in this case of course
particularly Turkey were to be threatened from any source of threat,
we will not hesitate to take all steps necessary to ensure effective
defense of Turkey or any other ally." The quote deserves a dozen or
so exclamation marks.
Sometimes it's hard to tell whether NATO leaders and the rest of the
world's live on the same planet.
Commenting on the Ankara campaign to whitewash itself, Emre Uslu wrote
(Today's Zaman, Sept. 5): "While the dirty relationship between Turkey
and ISIL is clear, Turkish authorities think that Western observers
might be stupid to believe their tall tales."
Western observers might not be stupid but they are certainly and
inexplicably cowed by Frankenstein Turkey.
http://www.keghart.com/Editorial-Modern-Frankensteins
From: A. Papazian
Editorial, 11 September 2014
Two centuries ago novelist Mary Shelley's mad Dr. Victor Frankenstein
unleashed upon the world a laboratory-made fiend. But when the
alchemist doctor realized he had created a monster, he abandoned the
violent humanoid and fled. Something similar, but on a larger scale,
has occurred in the Middle East.
A few years ago Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar helped create a Sunni
terrorist group so as to bring down Assad of Syria and impose Sunni
hegemony in Arab Middle East. While the jihadist monster kept changing
its name from JTJ to Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Balad al-Rafidayn to
Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(ISIL) to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and in the past
month to Islamic State (IS), its agenda has remained unchanged:
to impose its mad will through psychotic violence.
But now that the monsters of the desert have been exposed, Turkey
and its fellow conspirators are disassociating themselves from the
death cult they have created, just as Dr. Frankenstein fled from
his invention. Of the three mad scientists, Ankara has been the most
insistent in its denial of the obvious collaboration.
One of the first organizations to condemn Turkey's support of ISIS
was the Assembly of Armenians of Europe. It called upon the UN and the
international community to "condemn and take effective action against
Turkey's covert logistic support of ISIS." Then the Yezidis of Armenia
traced the tragedy of Iraqi Yezidis to Turkey and its president.
Erdogan is responsible for the genocide being carried out against
the Iraqi Yezidis, they said.
While the Armenian and Yezidi organizations accused Turkey, the
media--including Turkish--provided evidence of Ankara's support of
the Islamist terrorists. Emre Uslu (Today's Zaman, Sept. 5) wrote:
"Intelligence communities around the world have been well aware of the
fact that the Turkish intelligence agency was in close contact with
those [El-Qaida-affiliated organizations such as ISIL] and that many
weapons were transferred to those organizations. International media
provided tons of evidence about it..." "Taraf" of Turkey reported on
Sept. 9 that American experts had discovered ammunition used by ISIL
fighters was marked as coming from Turkish Mechanical and Chemical
Industry Corporation (MKI). The Americans had also noted that bombs
used by ISIL in Erbil were also marked MKI.
Since 2012 at least 5,000 al-Qaeda-affiliated groups have used Turkey
as bridge to Syria. After landing in Istanbul, the jihadists have
been driven across Turkey to Hatay, to Urfa and Gaziantep, near the
Syrian border. No jihadist has been arrested by the Turkish police
or intelligence which traditionally take great pride in monitoring
the movements of Turkish citizens.
ARD TV of Germany aired a video (August 31) which showed ISIL camps
in Gaziantep where militants were being trained. The program alleged
that European jihadists received ideological and military training
in Turkey. Some headed to Syria/Iraq while others returned to Europe
thus posing a threat to Europe, an EC official said. CNN also aired
information about the secret routes jihadists take through Turkey.
Mahmud Erdem, whose sons recently joined ISIL, claimed Turkish National
Intelligence Organization (MIT) is involved in convincing European
youths to join jihadists and in transporting them to ISIS camps.
ISIS, which has been described as Al-Qaida on steroids, has a liaison
office in Istanbul's Fatih district and militants going to Syria stop
there to receive money (up to 400 Euros) and are assisted in crossing
the border.
Referring to Turkey's porous border, the BBC accused Ankara of
"operating a highly questionable [British understatement] policy of
border enforcement in which weapons and money flooded into Syria,
with the Qatar and Saudi backing."
When the bar association of Gaziantep cited the Right to Information
Act in its demand for data about terrorists crossing Turkey's borders,
police said the right for such information was not included under
the Act.
A few weeks ago, in a "Jerusalem Post" article, journalist Mary
Chastain quoted an ISIL fighter who said Turkey had provided funds
for the terrorist group. "Turkey paved the way for us. Had Turkey
not shown such understanding for us, the Islamic State would not be
in its current place. It showed us affection. Large [numbers] of our
mujahedeen received medical treatment in Turkey."
Wounded jihadists have been treated free of charge in Turkey.
Jihadists seeking R and R from the battlefield have vacationed in
Turkish border hotels.
And now Turkey fattens its purse by buying/selling cheap diesel
stolen by ISIS from Syria and Iraq. Jihadist smugglers are exporting
to Turkey 9,000 barrels of oil a day at prices ranging from $25 to $45.
Dr. Hisham al-Hishami, an Iraqi expert on ISIS, said: "The Turkish
border is the only way to smuggle oil, weapons and foreign fighters
[into Iraq and Syria]."
Ankara point man and Gaziantep Governor Erdal Ata has denied (Aug. 31)
claims that ISIL uses the Gaziantep province as a base for training
jihadist militia. He said media reports were baseless and were aimed
"to defame the government and Turkey in the international arena."
Investigative journalist Esad Hecimovic of Sarajevo reported Turkey
is the transit route for Bosnian Muslim fighters headed to Syria/Iraq.
Despite the above evidence and much more about logistic support and
the shipment of weapons through Turkey, in early September Turkey
sent its diplomats to various key countries to persuade the world
that Turkey has no links to ISIL/ISIS/IS. Meanwhile, showing its true
colors, Turkey has forbidden the US the use of the Incirlik air base
for recent attacks on ISIS. "They [Turkey] will not allow the use of
Incirlik for lethal air strikes," said Henri Barkey, a former member
of the US State Department policy planning staff.
And despite all the evidence of Turkey's complicity in the creation
and nurturing of ISIS the West continues to shirk from condemning
Turkey. In fact, former British Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies
Campbell publicly bribed Turkey that if Ankara cooperated in stamping
out ISIS, its entry to the EU could be facilitated.
Rather than condemn Ankara, America's milquetoast Defense Secretary
Chuck Hagel, bleated "Turkey is a key NATO ally [STOP THE PRESSES].
Given its borders with Syria and Iraq, Turkey shares [STOP THE PRESSES]
our deep concerns with the regional threat posed by ISIL [EUREKA!]."
Scrambling to helm the kowtowing of Ankara, NATO Secretary-General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that NAT0 expressed support for Turkey
against the growing threat from ISIL and that NATO would take all the
necessary steps to defend alliance member Turkey if it were threatened
by ISIL fighters. "If any of our allies, and in this case of course
particularly Turkey were to be threatened from any source of threat,
we will not hesitate to take all steps necessary to ensure effective
defense of Turkey or any other ally." The quote deserves a dozen or
so exclamation marks.
Sometimes it's hard to tell whether NATO leaders and the rest of the
world's live on the same planet.
Commenting on the Ankara campaign to whitewash itself, Emre Uslu wrote
(Today's Zaman, Sept. 5): "While the dirty relationship between Turkey
and ISIL is clear, Turkish authorities think that Western observers
might be stupid to believe their tall tales."
Western observers might not be stupid but they are certainly and
inexplicably cowed by Frankenstein Turkey.
http://www.keghart.com/Editorial-Modern-Frankensteins
From: A. Papazian