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Voice of America: Pentagon Chief: Turkey Must Do More to Fight IS
Turkey, which has agreed to join the U.S.-led airstrikes against the Islamic State group, needs to do more to fight the militants and control its own borders, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday.
Islamic State fighters and equipment have been able to cross into Iraq and Syria from Turkey.
"We need them also as a neighbor to this conflict zone, as a longtime NATO ally and a responsible member of the anti-ISIL coalition to control ... the long border that they have with both Syria and Iraq, more than it has been controlled over the last year," Carter said.
The secretary said he does not think the Turks are "dragging their feet," but said their increased participation, including joining the airstrikes, is "overdue."
WNU Editor: US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is right .... but Turkey has its own priorities, and waging war against the Kurds is their #1 priority right now.
More News On U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's Remarks That Turkey Is Not Doing Enough To Fight The Islamic State
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More needed from Turkey in Islamic State fight: U.S. defense chief -- Reuters
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