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    U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills nine (GGT)

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...source=twitter

    Two women shot at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.

    The NATO member has been in a heightened state of alert since starting its "synchronized war on terror" last month, including air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq. It has also rounded up hundreds of suspected militants at home.

    Police armed with automatic rifles cordoned off streets around the U.S. consulate in the Sariyer district on the European side of Istanbul, following the gun attack there.

    Ahmet Akcay, a local resident who witnessed the attack, told Reuters that one of the women fired four or five rounds, aiming at security officials and consulate officers.

    "Police were shouting 'drop your bag, drop your bag'. And the woman was saying: 'I will not surrender'," Akcay said.

    "The police warned her again: 'Drop your bag or we will have to shoot you', and the woman said: 'Shoot'."

    One of the two women was later captured wounded, the Istanbul governor's office said.

    The Dogan news agency said the injured woman was aged 51 and had served prison time for being a suspected member of the far-leftist Revolutionary People's Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C), which is virulently anti-American and is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and Turkey.

    Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

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    "We are working with Turkish authorities to investigate the incident. The Consulate General remains closed to the public until further notice," a consulate official said.

    On the other side of Istanbul, a vehicle laden with explosives was used in an attack on a police station, injuring three police officers and seven civilians, police said.

    One of the attackers was killed during the bombing, while two others and a police officer died in a subsequent firefight, the Istanbul governor's office said. Broadcaster CNN Turk said the officer was a senior member of the bomb squad who had been sent to investigate the attack.

    Shooting continued into Monday morning in the Sultanbeyli district on the Asian side of the Bosphorus waterway, which divides Istanbul, as police carried out raids.

    There was no immediate claim of responsibility for either of the attacks, but U.S. diplomatic missions and police stations have been targeted by far-left groups in Turkey in the past.

    The DHKP-C, whose members are among those detained in recent weeks, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the U.S. embassy in Ankara in 2013 which killed a Turkish security guard.

    VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEAST

    Turkey opened its air bases to the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) last month after years of reluctance and carried out its own bombing raids, stepping up its role after a suspected IS suicide bomber killed 32 people in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border.

    Casting the operations as a war on terrorist groups "without distinction", it simultaneously launched air strikes on PKK targets in Iraq and in southeastern Turkey, and has arrested more than 1,300 people suspected of links to Islamist, Kurdish and far-leftist groups in recent weeks.

    It has been a high-risk strategy for a country straddling Europe and the Middle East which depends on tourism for around a tenth of its income, leaving it exposed to the threat of reprisals.

    Violence between the security forces and suspected militants intensified in the mainly Kurdish southeast on Monday.

    Four police officers were killed when their armored vehicle was hit by roadside explosives in the town of Silopi, the governor's office in the province of Sirnak said.

    A soldier was also killed when Kurdish militants opened fire on a military helicopter in a separate attack in Sirnak, the military said in a statement. Security sources said at least seven other soldiers were wounded in the attack, which came as the helicopter took off.

    The military launched an air campaign against PKK camps in northern Iraq on July 24 after a resurgence of militant attacks. State-run Anadolu news agency said on Sunday that more than 260 militants had been killed, including senior PKK figures, and more than 400 wounded by Aug. 1.

    The violence has left a peace process with the PKK, begun by President Tayyip Erdogan in 2012, in tatters. Erdogan said last month the process had become impossible, although neither side has so far declared the negotiations definitively over.

    The PKK, designated a terrorist group by Ankara, the United States and European Union, launched its insurgency in 1984 to press for greater Kurdish rights. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.

    (Additional reporting by Ece Toksabay in Ankara and David Dolan in Istanbul; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Tom Heneghan and David Stamp)

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    The terrorist lady belonged to the Revolutionary People's Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C). Is that a communist group? What year is this?
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    Not suprised the Kurds are pissed off. They are one of the few reliable western assets on the ground, then Turkey drop 300 odd smart bombs on them and get Jihadi groups they fund to start attacking them too.

    Suprised if there won't be a bigger spill over into Turkey.

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    There already has been some spill over and it can easily increase.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ctd123 View Post
    Not suprised the Kurds are pissed off. They are one of the few reliable western assets on the ground, then Turkey drop 300 odd smart bombs on them and get Jihadi groups they fund to start attacking them too.

    Suprised if there won't be a bigger spill over into Turkey.
    "Reliable western asset" . You are clueless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kuntantee View Post
    Reliable western asset . You are clueless.
    Key term is

    for now.

    time will tell if dealing with them is a good idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GennGreymane View Post
    There already has been some spill over and it can easily increase.
    Turkey's patience is being tested now. Pray the gods people here won't go batshit crazy like they did in 90s. Ask Kurds what happened. We need to differentiate PKK and Kurds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kuntantee View Post
    Turkey's patiance is being tested now. Pray the gods people here won't go batshit crazy like they did in 90s. Ask Kurds what happened.
    I can also ask Armenians what Turkey likes to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GennGreymane View Post
    I can also ask Armenians what Turkey likes to do.
    You should ask Armenians what happens when you engage in an ethnic rebellion.

    Besides, this whole issue is more than an ethnic war. PKK is enjoying money they make by smuggling drug/weapon a bit too much. They stopped giving fuck about rights of Kurds long ago.
    Last edited by Kuntantee; 2015-08-10 at 03:17 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kuntantee View Post
    You should ask Armenians what happens when you engage in an ethnic rebellion.
    genocide is what I will be told.

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    Either way, an full-out war between Turks and Kurds is improbable. If that was the case, we would have it in 90s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kuntantee View Post
    "Reliable western asset" . You are clueless.
    Explain how?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ctd123 View Post
    Explain how?
    Do you want me to explain why PKK is not a reliable "asset" for west to you? PKK being a terrorist organization is the first one of a very long list.

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    Dam man, that's one tough looking building. lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kuntantee View Post
    Do you want me to explain why PKK is not a reliable "asset" for west to you? PKK being a terrorist organization is the first one of a very long list.
    'The YPG said its forces had been shelled in the Kurdish-held village of Zormikhar, west of Kobane, on Sunday evening.
    It added that, an hour later, one of its vehicles had come "under heavy fire from the Turkish military east of Kobane in the village of Til Findire".' - BBC

    Turkey seems to want IS to smash the Kurds and then they can mop up. The old 2 birds with one stone. Then again what do we expect from a Islamist cunt like Erdogan.

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    Pretty much what CTD said, Turkey has wanted to deal with the Kurds in the past, and will likely be ok with indirect methods such as ISIS

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    Quote Originally Posted by GennGreymane View Post
    Pretty much what CTD said, Turkey has wanted to deal with the Kurds in the past, and will likely be ok with indirect methods such as ISIS
    What do you think keeps Turkey from directly dealing with PKK?
    Last edited by Kuntantee; 2015-08-10 at 04:41 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ctd123 View Post
    'The YPG said its forces had been shelled in the Kurdish-held village of Zormikhar, west of Kobane, on Sunday evening.
    It added that, an hour later, one of its vehicles had come "under heavy fire from the Turkish military east of Kobane in the village of Til Findire".' - BBC

    Turkey seems to want IS to smash the Kurds and then they can mop up. The old 2 birds with one stone. Then again what do we expect from a Islamist cunt like Erdogan.
    If they are going to win the war against isis they need the kurds as they are doing the heavy lifting on the ground. They are also very experienced and we'll equipped after years of fighting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ParanoiD84 View Post
    If they are going to win the war against isis they need the kurds as they are doing the heavy lifting on the ground. They are also very experienced and we'll equipped after years of fighting.
    Turkey fears the kurds more than it fears ISIS.

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    Dam man, that's one tough looking building. lol
    After 98 most of our embassies were pimped out. The new embassy in London has a fucking moat.
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    The fall of the [Berlin] wall was a mistake. Germans are becoming too dangerous again. Their action in Ukraine show that.

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