Sunday, November 5, 2023

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Try To Storm Air Base Housing U.S. Troops In Turkey

Reuters: Pro-Palestinian crowds try to storm air base housing U.S. troops in Turkey 

ADANA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday tried to storm an air base that houses U.S. troops, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Ankara for talks on Gaza. 

Turkey, which has stepped up its criticism of Israel as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has worsened, supports a two-state solution while hosting members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Since the Israel-Hamas war started, protests have erupted across the country. 

Earlier this week, the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, an Islamist Turkish aid agency, organised a convoy to travel to the Incirlik air base in the Adana province in southern Turkey to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza and U.S. support for Israel.  

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Update: Turkish police tear gas pro-Palestinian protesters at air base (France 24)  

WNU Editor: It should be noted that this base also houses nuclear weapons .... What Biden said about nuclear weapons at İncirlik base and what he can do (Hurriyet Daily News).

7 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

Compared to the Hamas riots in US and EU cities, this looked quite calm.

/"you ever been in a Turkish prison?"


RussInSoCal said...

Hamas planned for massacre during Passover, Iran forced delay - report

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-771830

Hamas's mass infiltration and massacre of Israelis on October 7 was originally intended to take place during last Passover's Seder meal, Israeli journalist Ben Caspit reported on Sunday evening.

As per the report, Iran decided to delay the organized assault on civilians to Simchat Torah due to reasons that are unclear. However, Caspit speculated, it could have been delayed due to informal negotiations with the United States which led to $6 billion being freed up for Iran in September.

The report noted that the information was uncovered during the interrogation of Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre.

Anonymous said...

The Midnight Express

RussInSoCal said...

8:54 PM

...actually my sarc was in reference to the movie. "Airplane". But you are very correct that Midnight Express is a different sort of masterpiece that every college age snot-nose needs to see before he travels overseas.

Anonymous said...

Canada-Based Sikh Terrorist Threatens Attack on Air India Flight on November 19

Anonymous said...

@RussInSoCal:

Haha yeah and they look more civilized and peaceful than the left-wing fanatics and democrats.. remember when BLM was destroying major US city blocks and put everything on fire? 35+ dead thanks to the terror from the left

Yes, you are right - these protestors ARE MORE CIVILIZED than the left in the US, it is incredible to watch

Anonymous said...

These are apparently a regular occurrence. In the old days an entire Security force battalion would have been deployed to Incirclik, especially since for whatever reason we STILL keep nukes there, hostage to Erdogan.

Biden and Blinked probably deployed unarmed security from Allied Universal as a "show of force."