I was quite surprised by the openness of it, even though I had to hop around for it:
"Turkey authorizes push into Iraq; Bush urges restraint in Kurdish north" by Farah Stockman and Keith O'Brien/Boston Globe October 18, 2007
WASHINGTON - Turkey's parliament voted overwhelmingly yesterday to authorize the nation's military forces to invade northern Iraq to hunt for Kurdish rebels.
The move follows a spate of rebel attacks in Turkey and rising Turkish anger over a proposed resolution in Congress that labels the World War I era killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Turkey's action ratchets up the pressure on US and Iraqi forces to rein in the rebels, who have attacked Turkey from bases in Iraq with relative impunity since 2004.
[See how the press even slants this coverage.
Yes, the Turkish Army butchers Kurds, yet it is the Kurds who attack!
The Zionist bias just gets to you after a while, particularly since these reporters don't even know they are doing it.
They have already internalized the mindset.
Which is why they are on the front page, and I am here.]
President Bush... called on Turkey to exercise restraint. At a news conference, Bush hinted that a Turkish invasion could harm the struggle to bring order to Iraq. While Iraq and the United States share Turkey's concerns, Bush said, "There's a better way to deal with the issue than having the Turks send massive additional troops into the country."
[Yeah, only the US and Israel can INVADE and SURGE!!!]
Amid growing concern over Turkey's plans, Democratic leaders in Congress have been backing away from pledges to vote on the nonbinding resolution.... the Democratic leadership... will decide whether or not to call a floor vote.
[Turks gettin' all upset about a NON-BINDING resolution?
What the hell does this Congress do other than roll over for Bush?]
Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Newton, doubted Turkey would make good on its threats: "It's important to commemorate genocides that have happened as a way of trying to diminish the likelihood of them occurring again."
[And, of course, Barney ignores the genocide going on right now!
Sick of the selective exceptionalism and amnesia, folks!
I REALLY AM SICK of AMERICAN ARROGANCE!!!!]
Throughout the 1990s, Turkish forces launched major military campaigns against PKK bases in Kurdish areas of northern Iraq, killing tens of thousands of people.
[One of Bill Clinton's MANY BLOODY LEGACIES we all FORGET ABOUT in AmeriKa!]
In 1999, after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, the group declared a unilateral cease-fire and peace returned to the area. But in 2004, after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the violent movement sprung up again.
[Gee, everywhere the U.S. goes they bring VIOLENCE and DEATH!]
Yesterday, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell acknowledged that the PKK is low priority for US troops, which he said have their "hands full" with dealing with Al Qaeda in Iraq and radical elements of the Shi'ite militia known as the Mahdi Army.
[I thought we were beating "CIA-Duh?"
Go to the memory hole for the Mahdis, readers!]
Morrell: "There's only so much you can do at one time. The Kurdish Regional Government has a sizable military component and they have the means, we believe, to address this problem. Hopefully they can address it by exerting their influence over members of the PKK and that it doesn't require military action on the part of Turkey."
Turkey has kept a modest presence of special forces soldiers in northern Iraq, but the vote gives its military "a blank check to order a much larger operation" over the coming year, said Ian Lesser, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a Washington-based think tank.
Turkey could lose patience and invade northern Iraq to set up a buffer zone or a security cordon similar to what Israel did in southern Lebanon.
[Oh, well, that wouldn't be so bad then huh?
I mean, if Israel can do things and get away with them, well, anyone should be able to.]
"Turkey Resolves to Give Go-Ahead for Raids in Iraq" by SEBNEM ARSU and SABRINA TAVERNISE
ISTANBUL, Oct. 17 — Turkey’s Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to authorize sending troops into northern Iraq to confront Kurdish rebels in hide-outs. The vote came as relations between the countries were strained by a House committee’s passage last week of a bill calling the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians an act of genocide.
In a nod to Turkey’s importance as an ally in Iraq, Congressional leaders began to back away on Wednesday from a commitment to hold a vote on that bill.
Morton Abramowitz, the American ambassador to Turkey during the Persian Gulf war of 1991, commenting on the Turkish vote:
“We are at a defining moment in Turkish-American relations. This is a very big warning sign to the Americans and to the Iraqi Kurds.”
More than two dozen Turks, some of them civilians, have been killed in cross-border rebel attacks in the past several weeks, and the powerful Turkish military which, unlike the government, has long been pressing for action, is fanning public anger.
Along Turkey’s border with Iraq on Wednesday, Gen. Ilker Basbug, commander of the Turkish land forces, told villagers in Besagac that the killing of 12 Turks in late September by Kurdish rebels was “a crime against humanity,” according to Turkey’s official Anatolian News Agency.
[Is that out and out gall, or what?
Yeah, DENY YOUR MURDER, and then hang the "crimes against humanity" on the OTHER GUY!!!
No wonder the Zionist stinkstate is such a good friend of the Turks!]
Mr. Bush: “We are making it very clear to Turkey that we don’t think it is in their interests to send troops into Iraq. There’s a better way to deal with the issue than having the Turks send massive troops into the country.”
[Well, yeah, but people told YOU the same about Iraq, and LOOK HOW GOOD that turned out!]
He said Turkish troops were already in Iraq, a reference to the small number of soldiers based at observation posts near the border, which is loosely controlled by Iraqi Kurdish forces but is largely porous. The United States does not have troops stationed there but it controls the airspace.
[Seems like that violation of sovereignty would be a big deal, but?
What matter anyway; WE control the AIR SPACE!
We gonna BOMB the Turks, too?
Or just watch them bomb Kurds?]
Turkey supports the United States in fighting its war on militancy in Iraq — 70 percent of American air cargo for Iraq travels through Turkey.
[That's why the hubub, bub]
Once considered a dutiful follower of United States policies, Turkey no longer shies away from talks with world leaders the United States opposes. Turkey signed a preliminary agreement on buying natural gas from Iran, a deal harshly criticized by the Bush administration last month.
[Ooooooh, that last little move with Iran explains the Zionist papers focusing on this (and the Zionist-dominated Congress)!!
Yeah, let's make Turkey an enemy now because of Iran.
You know, fuck the USrael against the world scenario you fucking shit Zio-Cons are pushing us to.
Because we all lose, shitters!!!
But WE WILL SEE YOU HANG before its over, though!!!!]
The response to Wednesday’s vote underscored that new independence, with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, an antagonist of the United States with his own Kurdish minority, weighing in on the issue after official meetings in Ankara, the Turkish capital.
[Wow, is the Times ever a Zionist mouthpiece!
Now they DRAG SYRIA into it, too!]
Mr. Assad also took a swipe at the Bush administration:
“We certainly support and back the decisions by the Turkish government in combat against terror and terror activities. It is important to note that the powers that have invaded Iraq are those primarily responsible for the terror activities and attacks because they control the country.”
[Hey, Assad knows about the Asymmetrical Warfare Group.
And programs such as Operation Gladio, Operation Northwoods, the Salvador Option, and the Pentagon's "Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group."
And the British agents who are the stars of the Prop 201 tutorial!
Does he know about the FRU?]
Turkey has not carried out a raid into Iraq since the American invasion in 2003, [Good God, more lies] and it is uncertain what type of operation Turkey would choose. It made several large-scale raids in the 1990s, under a deal with Saddam Hussein, most recently in 1997 with more than 40,000 troops, but security experts said a small commando strike was more likely.
[WTF? Turkey cut deals with Saddam to kill Kurds, and we didn't care?
But we care when Saddam gasses them?
Something is EL STINKO with U.S foreign policy; can you smell what it is, readers?]
Egeman Bagis, a lawmaker and Erdogan adviser, said there would be no offensive if action was taken against Kurdish rebels in the northern region and if Congress dropped the Armenian genocide bill."
[Oh, so if the Congress does WHAT THEY WANT, everything will be O.K.
Never mind what WE -- the American people -- want!
And what about Mossad's agents in Kurdistan?
What's going to happen to them (what are they even doing there, anyway)??
Maybe nothing, 'eh, Ms. Pelosi?]
"House Speaker Now Unsure if Armenian Genocide Motion Will Reach a Vote" by CARL HULSE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she was reconsidering her pledge to force a vote on a resolution condemning as genocide the mass killing of Armenians starting in 1915, as President Bush intensified his push to derail the legislation.
Ms. Pelosi: “Whether it will come up or not and what the action will be remains to be seen.”
[I see. Turkey complains, and the bill is pulled.
But spying and war funding sail on through. Thanks, Ms. Speaker!]
Mr. Bush, who as a candidate in 2000 criticized what he called a “genocidal campaign” against the Armenians, said lawmakers had better things to do than be caught up in the past, pursuing legislation that has unsettled an important ally.
[Of course, if it was an Israeli holocaust resolution, none of them would be worried about any of this.]
Mr. Bush: “With all these pressing responsibilities, one thing Congress should not be doing is sorting out the historical record of the Ottoman Empire. Congress has more important work to do than antagonizing a democratic ally in the Muslim world, especially one that is providing vital support for our military every day.”
[Even though we antagonize the whole region daily with our support of the stink state!]
Backers of the resolution said they would push ahead despite mounting opposition and try to rally support for the declaration, which they said was essential to deter future genocide and protect America’s credibility in speaking out against brutality in places like Darfur and Myanmar.
It also was not lost on them that Mr. Bush was willing to risk upsetting China by honoring the Dalai Lama in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda in an expression of support for democracy and human rights.
[Because the Zionist shot-callers don't care about those issues.
That's why he can do that! Plus it sets up more wars!!!]
One of the sponsors, Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, acknowledged that the resolution had split Jewish lawmakers, with some backing the resolution and others pointing to the risk to Israel should Turkey’s role as a stabilizing force in the region be diminished. He said it would be tragic if Israel’s security became a rationale for not recognizing a case of genocide.
[Good Lord, what planet is this guy living on!!!
Yeah, the bill is going down because of Jewish (read: AIPAC) lawmakers are bailing, and WE ARE ALREADY BEING RUN BY ISRAEL, congressman!
Hellooooo?]
A group of House Democrats pointed more to Turkey’s continuing cooperation in the war in Iraq in urging Ms. Pelosi to refrain from scheduling any vote on the proposal, which they said would not pass in the current environment.
Representative Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat who visited Iraq this month:
“I’ve got the compassion for the people, the Armenians that are fighting for their ancestors, but these are real-life situations, and sometimes your heart has to give in to your head and do what makes sense for your country.”
[So when you gonna stand up to Israel, congressman?]
Other lawmakers questioned whether it was wise for Congress to pass judgment on the behavior of other nations when it had yet to weigh in on some of its own, like the treatment of American Indians in the settlement of the continent.
Representative Alcee L. Hastings, a Florida Democrat who opposes the genocide resolution, said of the Indians:
“All the time when we won, it was a victory, and when they won, it was a massacre. Yet they were the ones being chased all the way across the country, and no one has ever apologized to them.”
[Yeah, I would prefer a bit more SELF-REFLECTION from the U.S. and its shit MSM, rather than sifting through everyone else's shits!]
Congress occasionally embarks on delicate historical issues with foreign policy implications. It did so this year when it approved a resolution calling for Japan to acknowledge using women from occupied territories as sex slaves during World War II. The vote angered Japanese officials, but their objections failed to persuade the House to drop the matter.
['Cause he Zionists that control Congress don't give shit how the Japanese feel.
Has the U.S. apologized for DROPPING TWO A-BOMBS on them? No?
Well, in light of the false charges against Iran, maybe it is apropos to mention that the U.S. is the ONLY NATION ever to USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS in WAR!!!!
Let's not let it happen again, 'eh, Amurkn MSM?]
Mr. Schiff, who had appeared close to expecting House approval of the resolution after an initial victory in the Foreign Affairs Committee last week, seemed resigned that it now might not prevail in light of the push from the administration, Turkey’s government, lobbyists retained by Turkey and worried lawmakers.
Mr. Schiff: “We have the truth on our side, but the truth doesn’t always win.”
[ 9/11!!!]
More proof of whose calling the shots:
"Pressure builds for ADL to yield on genocide issue" by Keith O'Brien/Boston Globe October 18, 2007
Even as support crumbles in Congress for a resolution recognizing the World War I-era Armenian genocide, several Massachusetts towns are still calling on the Anti-Defamation League to clarify its position on the matter and support the resolution.
This week alone, Lexington and Westwood have suspended their involvement in a popular ADL antibigotry program, joining four other communities - Watertown, Newton, Belmont, and Arlington - in protesting the ADL's refusal to support the quest for genocide recognition.
Given the fading support for such a resolution in Congress, Abraham H. Foxman, the ADL's national director, said he believes his organization was being wrongly punished by these Massachusetts communities.
"I don't think it's fair," Foxman told the Globe yesterday.
[Awwww, poor Abe!
FUCK YOU, you lying NaZionist fascista.
Hey, sorry, world, but I've quit believing the lies of history, thanks to Iraq!
Whether it is false claims in the Ukraine (reburying the "bodies" before anyone could see them), Treblinka, and the sloppy record keeping and limited access!!
The whole basis for the fucking Jewish state is a LIE!
Take a look at the electronically-scanned totals!
These "records" have been kept secret for FAR TOO LONG!!!
You would think the sufferers of this alleged Holocaust would WANT their stories out, not kept HIDDEN by GATEKEEPERS of a MYTH!!!!
Hey, if they HADN'T LIED about those events, I would STILL BELIEVE, so you guys WRECKED IT YOURSELVES, fuckers!!!
I didn't want to KNOW the TRUTH, either; however, after the LIES of 9/11, Iraq and HISTORY...
And by the way, he DOES NOT HATE Jews (another lie)]
Still, local Armenian-Americans and the town officials who have voted to pull out of the ADL's No Place For Hate program said they will continue to pressure the ADL to specifically acknowledge the mass killings as genocide no matter what Congress does.
[Good! It's about time we put these liars to shame!
ADL does nothing but PROMOTE DIVISION and HATE!
It's THEIR JOB!!!]
"The issue was not a political issue; the issue was a human rights issue," said Marianne Ferguson, explaining why Newton's Human Rights Commission, which she chairs, voted to pull out of the ADL antibigotry program last month. "And to deny a history, and deny that it happened, to say, 'Not so' - you can't do that and say you're a human rights organization."
[Well, when the shoes on the other foot, and you gotta cover up a lie, you know, you don't want to be to out front on "genocide."]
From 1915 to 1923, Ottoman Turks slaughtered as many as 1.5 million Armenians in what is now modern-day Turkey. Armenians, historians, and nations including France and Canada have recognized the killings as genocide. But the Turkish government has refused to accept the genocide label and bristled recently over the possibility that Congress might adopt the genocide resolution.
The uproar, which began last week when a House panel voted in favor of the resolution, pushed several members of Congress to withdraw their support. By yesterday, the number of cosponsors had fallen from 227 to 214 - not enough votes to pass - and Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed off her pledge to bring the resolution to a vote of the entire House.
At issue for the Bush administration, Congress, and the ADL is Middle East stability. Turkey is not only a rare Muslim ally of the United States, but also of Israel. Approving the resolution might upset the balance of the Middle East, some congressmen believe, and that notion is shared by Foxman at ADL, an organization founded in 1913 to fight anti-Semitism.
[And NOW YOU KNOW WHY the res is BEING PULLED!]
"I think the good people of Congress have seen the light," Foxman said yesterday. "Maybe the good people in the Massachusetts towns who penalized us will also see the light."
[Actually, I live here, and you can take your smug, condescending, insulting, lying ass and shove it, Foxman!
We don't need you around here to poison the atmosphere, you cancerous filth!]
For now, that seems unlikely. Under pressure in August, Foxman reversed decades of ADL policy and called the Armenian tragedy "tantamount to genocide" in a carefully worded written statement. But that did not go far enough for local Armenian-Americans and many town officials.
"To me that's like saying slavery was tantamount to slavery, but not exactly," said Ferguson.
Consequently, many still opposed to the ADL's position are making two demands. They want the ADL to make a clear statement acknowledging the genocide. And they want Foxman's human rights organization to stand with Armenian-Americans in calling on the US government to officially recognize the genocide.
"They're still hiding and will not say they're supporting the resolution," said Watertown Town Councilor Marilyn Petitto Devaney. "We're going to stand firm on it."
[Be brave, citizens!!
Don't be surprised if agent provocateurs start desecrating your neighborhoods with swastikas (something I would never do).
Not like Zionist wouldn't do something like that!]
The ADL will have a chance to answer its critics in two weeks when a national panel of members meets in New York to discuss potential policy changes, including the organization's stance on the Armenian genocide issue.
At that time, Lori Gans, a member of the ADL's New England executive committee, said her first priority will be persuading the 300-member panel to craft a statement acknowledging the genocide unequivocally.
In the meantime, Gans said, "The question is, how will this affect us and our ability to do our work?" she said. "I don't know. Only time will tell."
