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5. The State Dept. has started meeting with Syrian Kurds. That probably burns Turkey's butter--

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 01:25 PM

Oct 2014

that, and the fact that the Kurdish fighters are still hanging on, with our help. Turkey probably hoped they'd have been wiped out by now.

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Air strikes against ISIS in Kobani are just a PR exercise, Turkey says [View all] bemildred Oct 2014 OP

Conrad Black: The Middle East’s strange, strange bedfellows bemildred Oct 2014 #1

If Turkey is so worried about ISIS and Iran onecaliberal Oct 2014 #2

Turkish oppositon attacks dropping of anti-graft case bemildred Oct 2014 #3

Sounds Pretty Much Like Blather To Me, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2014 #4

Indeed. Sir. bemildred Oct 2014 #6

Yeah, it seems naive. That's kind of what I mean. bemildred Oct 2014 #8

AKP <3s KDP AtomicDryad Oct 2014 #10

After repelling ISIL, PKK fighters are the new heroes of Kurdistan bemildred Oct 2014 #9