Report: U.S. Cancelled Drone Delivery to Turkey -- Arutz Sheva
Congress cancelled delivery of UAVs to Turkey because of its exposing of Israeli spies to Iran, reports Turkish newspaper.
The United States Congress cancelled the delivery to Turkey of 10 Predators - unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - following Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan's disclosure of the identity of 10 Iranians who had been working for the Mossad, the Turkish Taraf daily reported on Monday.
According to the newspaper, the claims about Fidan can be traced back to the year after the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010.
Reacting to Turkey's move, the U.S. cancelled the delivery to Turkey of the 10 UAVs that Turkey has been expecting since June of last year. Congress decided to cancel the delivery because of the close relations between Turkey’s intelligence services and Iran’s intelligence service, reported Taraf.
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Update #1: US canceled delivery of Predators on disclosure of agents -- World Bulletin
Update #2: U.S. said to have canceled drone delivery to Turkey -- UPI
My Comment: There are probably many reasons on why this delivery was canceled .... but it is still surprising that a full fledged NATO member is being refused delivery of equipment that it has deemed essential.
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