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The Isis Cover Story
Reader comment on item: Making Sense of the Ankara Bombing
Submitted by ProfessorJ (United States), Jun 30, 2016 at 17:23
When I first heard the statement from the Turkish government that they suspected Isis it did not add up for me. Turkey has been accused by even mainstream leaders like Joe Biden of helping Isis.
Turkey shot down a Russian plane going after Free Syrian Army rebels - who are compatriots with Isis -hair of the same dog.
Turkey is bitterly in conflict with the Kurds. The Kurds fight Isis.
Would Isis bite the hand of those who are at least de facto are supporting them by fighting their enemies. That does not make sense.
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Good question. My take is that ISIS, in its usual belligerent and non-strategic way, is putting pressure on Ankara to continue to help it.
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Title | Commenter | Date | Thread |
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 The Isis Cover Story [95 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | ProfessorJ | Jun 30, 2016 17:23 | 230223 | ||
| one other player- Quds Force/Hezbollah [104 words] | Ayatollah Ghilmeini | Oct 13, 2015 17:00 | 225609 | ||
 Turkish authorities are gagging reporting about the Ankara blasts [147 words] | Michael S | Oct 17, 2015 04:49 | 225609 | ||
| First responders [42 words] | Don | Oct 13, 2015 12:13 | 225607 | ||
| 1 | TURKEY [63 words] | sam | Oct 13, 2015 12:12 | 225606 | |
| Dr. Pipes, to what extent has Turkey been bombing Isis positions so far? [12 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Anon. | Oct 13, 2015 11:10 | 225605 | ||
| More war. [813 words] | Michael S | Oct 13, 2015 06:49 | 225603 | ||
| Murky goings on in Turkey [166 words] | Vijay | Oct 13, 2015 05:37 | 225602 | ||
| The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is a likely suspect [22 words] | Michael S | Oct 30, 2015 04:43 | 225602 | ||
| i24 news (ISRAEL) [69 words] | james hazan | Oct 13, 2015 05:21 | 225601 | ||
| Great minds think alike? [42 words] | A. T. Halmay | Oct 13, 2015 04:04 | 225600 | ||
| Erdogan's the one? [78 words] | Robert | Oct 12, 2015 23:36 | 225599 |
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